I kept driving.
Past the diner.
Past the ranch road.
Past every stupid little building in this stupid little town.
But I didn't stop thinking about Sadie.
About the way she looked at him.
About the way he held her hand.
About the way everyone had looked at me in court.
Like I was the problem.
Like I was the bad guy.
They had no idea.
Sadie belonged with me.
She always had.
And sooner or later...
She was going to remember that.
Darren shifted beside me.
"What are you thinking?"
I looked at him.
Smiled.
"Nothing."
That was a lie.
Because I was thinking about the ranch.
The back road.
The old barn.
And the one place behind Sadie's house where nobody could see from the road.
All I needed...
Was one chance.
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Ididn’t sleep that night.
