Page 11 of Give Me Forever Love

“Of course, Kat. Let me know if you need anything,” Becca says.

“Thanks,” I reply before heading toward the exit, feeling my best friend’s eyes on me when I walk through the open French doors.

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I sit in the cold, all blue room waiting for Bryce to come in. I flick a piece of lint off my shorts before resting my hands on the metal table. I feel like shit. I’m being a bitch to my best girl and losing my mind. All of this is too much. I rest my elbows on the table and rub my forehead.

“Hey.” I hear and turn around to see Bryce. He’s shocking to look at in an orange jumpsuit. His skin is pale, making the blue in his eyes stand out more. His hair is thicker on top, looking unruly, and I know it’s because he’s run his hands through it.

I want to run my hands through it.

We can’t touch, and that’s the hardest part of all of this. A guard stands by the door with his arms crossed, watching everyone.

Bryce sits down in front of me, studying me as he does.

“You okay?” he asks, his voice low and raspy.

I shrug. “Yeah.” My eyes roam over him. “You?”

“I’m all right.” He rubs the back of his neck, a sign that he’s uneasy. His eyes look down at the floor and a wrinkle forms between his brow. I narrow my eyes.

“What is it?” I ask. Something’s happened, I can feel it. “Tell me,” I demand.

His eyes jump back to me. He rests his hands on the table and clasps them together. I look down at them.

“How was your Fourth?” he asks.

“Don’t change the subject.”

He exhales, looking around for a moment before he leans in. “Bones came by to visit last night.”

“Bones?” I ask.

“Yeah.” He clears his throat.

What the hell is that guy doing visiting Bryce?

“And?”

“He offered me a deal.”

“A deal? I don’t understand.” Who is Bones to offer Bryce a deal? What kind of deal?

“He wants to buy Red and my contacts from the basement.”

I narrow my eyes. “What does that have to do with anything?”

“If I sell it to him, he will pay the judge off and get me out of this.”

“What?” I ask. My heart looks up with a small ping of hope. But what if he’s lying? What if Bryce agrees and Bones does nothing?

“What are you going to do?”

He shrugs. “I don’t know.”

“Are you thinking about it?”

“I don’t want to sell Red.”

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