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“You sure as hell have me.”
“I do?”
Why did that do things to my insides? Things I didn’t want to admit.
“Yeah. You do.”
“You don’t seem the type.”
“What type?”
“My type,” I challenged, knowing that it was not going to be long before Jamie finally took back his support. He stood up, laying his guitar carefully against the couch.
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“You know,” he started, “Sometimes it pays to have a little faith in people.”
“And sometimes it fucking hurts,” I shot back. “Sometimes people let you down and disappoint you and break your goddamn heart.”
“Yeah, you’re right. Absolutely right. But there are those times where they don’t. And isn’t that what counts?”
“What are you talking about?”
“For every person that broke you, I sure as hell see a lot of people who are over here in your corner loving and supporting you. Your brothers are three of them.”
He wasn’t wrong. My brothers took me in and made me part of the family with no questions asked the moment they found out I was theirs.
“I think it’s worth mentioning you also have a pretty fucking great support system in Jackie.”
“I do. She’s never lost faith in me or my music.”
“Of course she hasn’t. Jackie doesn’t invest her time in people who aren’t gonna be worthwhile. You and I both know that.”
“All right. You’ve made your point.”
“Have I, though?”
I raked a hand through my hair. “I think so…yeah.”
“Why won’t you let me be in your corner?”
Glaring at him, I had to fight back the wave of emotion that question set free. “And how exactly do you plan on being in my corner?”
“Jesus, Killian. Will you stop fighting me for once?”
“I’m not fighting you.”
“Yeah, you are. You’re fighting so hard, you can’t even see it.”
The anger blazing in him as he stood and got in my face was a fire I didn’t know if I really wanted to put out.
“What do you expect from me, Jamie?”
“Well, I expect you to fucking try.”
“I’m trying. Okay? This is me. Fucking trying.” He rolled his eyes, so I continued. “It is, goddammit. What else do you want from me?”
