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As Zoey’s father?

“Fuck!” I fist the back of my hair, kicking the tire of my SUV and slumping against the driver’s door.

She’s asking a lot, you know? Considering we’ve only just reconnected!

Anger fires strong and fierce.

She was the one who left me in the end. She ghosted me! What if I do something to piss her off and she does it again, taking Zoey with her and leaving me high and dry?

Or what if I do something to hurt her?

I can’t break her heart again.

Fuck it, she deserves better than that. Better than me.

Beeping the lock, I jump into my SUV and squeeze the steering wheel until my fingers hurt.

“Ahhh!” I yell, slapping the wheel and cursing up a storm before suddenly going still.

Huffing like a rhino, I stare out at the dimly lit street, indecision riding through me like a hurricane.

I have a game tomorrow.

I need to focus on that.

But there’s a girl in that house behind me who owns my heart, and am I seriously about to drive away from her?

The game.

The girl.

That’s always been my battle, right?

How the fuck am I supposed to handle both?

And which is more important to me?

This is your life we’re talking about.

Your future.

Snapping my eyes shut, I clench the wheel and mutter, “Fuck this!”

CHAPTER 27

SIENNA

Unfolding myself from the floor, I slowly stand and stare at the front door. I can just see the edge of it from here. I need to lock it, secure the house, and go to bed. Cry myself to sleep.

He left.

That’s what he was supposed to do, I guess.

That’s what I told him to do.

To leave so that I won’t get my heart broken all over again.

It feels pretty damn bruised right now, so it’s probably for the best that I avoid future burns and scarring.

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