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My heart swells.
“Come see to...”
“Jeb,” I croak.
“You got it.” Conner kisses my forehead before going over to Jeb.
“Okay?” Cole asks me.
“I think so.”
His eyes shutter as he pulls me into his arms. “I love you, Hadley. I love you so fucking much.”
“I love you too.” I cling to my beautiful, broken boy. “Thank you for saving me.” Easing back, I look him in the eye.
“You saved me too. I hope you know that, Dove.” He pushes the hair from my face, leaning in to brush his lips over mine. “Is this okay?”
“Yes,” I sigh. “Kiss me, Cole.” My fingers curl into his hoodie.
“Hadley? Cole?” Remi yells. “Oh God. Tell me he isn’t—”
“Dead?” Conner growls. “He should be.”
She rushes to my side. “Are you okay?”
“I will be.”
“Thank God Cole got here in time. We came as quickly as we could. Ace and James are—”
“Fuck,” Ace barks as he steps into the coffee shop.
“This is Jeb, Dad.” Conner helps him to his feet. “He works with Hadley.”
“I’m Mr. Jagger.” He holds out his hand and Jeb stares at it. “I’ll have my boys drive you to the ER and get that looked at.”
“Shouldn’t we call the police?”
“I’ll handle everything. Don’t worry.” He squeezes Jeb’s shoulder.
“Ace, Conner...”
“We’ll see you back at the house, okay?” Remi gives me a reassuring smile.
Conner leads Jeb out of the coffee shop, and Ace and Remi follow. James closes the door before rolling up the sleeves on his sweater.
“Cole, help me move Mr. Davenport into a better position.”
How does he know Tim’s name?
“Cole?” I gasp.
“Just trust me, okay?” He kisses my forehead before going to help his dad. They sit Tim up against a couch, and James taps his face.
“Uh… what...”
“Mr. Davenport. So nice of you to join us.”
I watch dumbstruck as Tim startles. “Who the fuck are you?”
