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âSure it wasnât.â Why did it leave her with a sinking feeling in her stomach? As if this was somehow her fault? It wasnât what heâd meant, but heâd said it anyway and had made little move to specify what heâd meant, she wasnât stupid, but it still hurt. All of it, the gravely sound of his voice so late at night, the constant smell of fucking waffles, all of it added up and suddenly baring herself against the weight of seeing him right then and there didnât seem worth it anymore. As if that werenât already enough to swallow, he sucker punched her â reached right over the abyss between them and socked her one right to the stomach as he questioned the most recent appointment with her fathers doctor. It hadnât been good â it never was. âTheyâre.. I mean..â Words failed her completely and she found herself begging silently for something to form on her tongue other than a welling panic that she didnât have time for. Instead, she simply shook her head, quicker than necessary as she stepped away from the counter. âNo..â No, Silas..Weâre not doing this. Weâre not.. Iâm not talking to you about this.â She couldnât â because all of it would well up and in the midst of everything she was losing along with her fathers memories, of him; sheâd forget why he wasnât the person she could talk to about any of this anymore. âIâm not..â it swelled, right there in her throat. ââ Tell Rosa Iâll see her tomorrow.â It would be all the explanation necessary, Erin only then, in a broken movement, almost unsure of herself, retracing her steps towards the exit, blocked momentarily by a group of drunken party goers staggering through the door.
"Maybe I fucked up along the line here, but Iâm not that heartless.â And he wasnât. As angry and hurt as he might have been with Erinâs decision to not fight for them in light of the horrible transgression committed against her, he understood it. Should the tables turn then Silas might have responded in much the same way, but he liked to believe that forgiveness was somewhere in his nature. People took tragic news differently, something he learned on the force which translated to his personal life shockingly well. âSorry.â The only word he could offer at how she grew more flustered from his genuine concern. Maybe it wasnât his place anymore, but her family had been so much his own for the entirety of their relationship that it became difficult to turn off the need to know. âThen who are you going to talk to about it, Erin? Logan said she hasnât heard from you in weeks. If you donât open up to somebody about it, youâre bound to implode. I know you.â Hazel hues rolled towards the wood panelling above as she practically bolted for the door, only to nearly find herself trampled by a group of miscreants that he might have otherwise taken the time to escort out. Following after her, he guided the brunette by her upper arm around the sudden crowd. âStop. Just... Stop. Before you get yourself hurt.â










