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Once again, the broken girl he couldn’t save from herself.
Chapter Sixteen
—Christian—
Then
“Congratulations! We’re so proud of you guys! Just one more picture!” Mom celebrated, much to my annoyance, but I played nice for her.
We had just graduated from high school, so it was the least I could do.
“Honey,” Dad reasoned. “You have like three hundred pictures already.”
Julian and I nodded in agreement.
“I know, but our babies are growing up.”
“Oh, honey…” Dad pulled her into a tight hug.
Kinley beamed, looking at my parents adoringly. I knew she admired their marriage. She loved being around them any chance she could get.
“Mom,” Autumn chimed in, standing next to fucking Jax. “If you take any more pictures, we’re not going to make it to lunch, and I’m starving.”
Of course, he was there with us.
The worst part was, my parents actually liked him. My mom thought he was sweet and lonely, and she basically invited him to all our family functions which I couldn’t do anything about.
He made Kinley happy, and at the end of the day, that was all that mattered to me.
“Okay, okay,” Mom surrendered. “Just a few more of Christian and Kinley.”
I smiled and threw my arm around my girl as I tugged her toward me.
“Smile. Oh, come on, Christian, smile!”
“I am smiling,” I griped, unable to take much more, my face fucking hurt from smiling so much.
“You guys look so nice! Now give her a kiss!”
I did.
“Christian!” Mom chastised. “There are children around! Don’t grab her butt!”
Kinley giggled, pulling away from me.
“Great, are we done now?”
“Yes, my impatient son.”
Thank fuck.
“You’re going to thank me when you have these amazing photos to look back on one day. You’re just like your father. You have the most beautiful smile too. You used to love pictures as a child. I don’t understand what happened.”
I glanced at Kinley, wanting to smile for her, but her gaze was captivated by someone behind me.
I never expected what happened next, only ruining our graduation.
“Babe, you oka—”
