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bracelets tinkle merrily and everyone stops talking. Even Maple stops crying. Jade freezes and a pale,
pink blush colors her cheeks. I can tell by the way her lip trembles and her eyes water that she's not used
to being touched by guys. Maybe she hangs out at the strip club, maybe even dances, but she doesn't let
men touch her or she hasn't yet. Jade might look like a whore, but I can tell with every instinct I have that
she's a virgin.
 Listen, Ty says in this no-nonsense sort of a voice. It's compelling enough that even I kind of listen to
it. Or maybe Ty just has a way with women. Doesn't matter anyway. I can tell he senses that Jade is on the
same path that we've both traveled and barely survived. He's trying to help my sister, not for me or even
for his conscious, he's trying to help my sister because deep down, underneath the tattoos and the
cigarettes and the sleeping around, Ty is a good person. I suddenly feel jittery and my hands start to shake.
 I know you don't know me, and you probably want to tell me to get my fucking hand off of you, Ty
begins, and all I can think is, Yeah, freaking right. Jade is practically eye fucking you. It's annoying, but
God, she's my little sister and I don't care if she memorizes the curve of your ass, I just don't want her
to end up broken like me.  But there are stupid decisions and then there are fucking off the chart
ridiculous ones. Jade, right? Ty asks, and my sister nods, unable to find her tongue in the face of Ty's
electrifying aura.  Don't make a decision today that you'll regret tomorrow. Ty drops her hand and it
falls to her side like a dead weight. He turns back towards the table and smiles at Darla who won't eat
any banana and reaches out, takes a slice between his calloused fingers and eats it. Almost immediately,
the sister I didn't know I had until five minutes ago, reaches out and eats one, too.
 I like bananas, she tells him confidently and he grins, dimples deep and dark in that perfect fucking
face. A sigh escapes my throat and I catch several curious looks from my sisters.
Luckily, Ty is too busy making faces at Maple who's laughing and pointing at his lip ring and saying,
 Jewel, jewel.
 Beth's home! Lorri shouts, peeping out the lacy curtains with a grin. Jade crosses her arms over her
chest and looks embarrassed. When Beth sees her in it, she's going to get trashed. That is, if my sister
hasn't changed a whole lot since I left.  Yay! Yay! Beth's going to be so happy, Never! She said you were
the only line on her bucket list. The smile falls from my face, and I suddenly can't catch my breath.
Memories flash like lightning before my eyes as I crouch over and try not to throw up.
Beth cracks me hard across the cheek.  Don't be selfish, Never, she snarls, pretty face not so
pretty anymore.  Grow up. Don't you want Mom to be happy? Dad is dead, and he's never coming
back, so get over it.
 Get her, get her, Lettie is saying to Lorri, pushing her forward as the two of them scramble to get out
of the kitchen. My head spins and my stomach knots in a hundred places. My heart feels so fragile in that
moment that I'm afraid it could shatter like glass, get stuck in my soul and bleed me to death. And then I
hear Ty's voice, feel his hands sliding across the small of my back. My chair slides closer to his.
 It's okay, Nev, he whispers as he presses a gentle kiss to my cheek. In that moment, Ty really, truly
falls head over fucking heels for me. Maybe it's the crying or the raw emotions or finally having a light
shown on my fucking past, but Ty McCabe really, truly gets himself in so deep there that he can't ever get
back out again. Nobody kisses like that if they're not in love. I know that somehow, but I don't. Maybe I
don't want to, not yet. Not until I know for certain what's going to happen in this little town, in this little
piece of nowhere, this nothing that means everything.
I hear Beth before I see her.
 This better not be a joke, Lorri, because it isn't funny. Footsteps, heels I think, move from the front
door and pause at the entry to the kitchen. Ty turns around first and stands up.
 Hi there, he says, voice casual but firm. He's afraid she's going to hurt you again. He wants to
protect you. Ty wants to protect you, Never.  My name is Ty McCabe, and I'm here with Never. He
doesn't specify our relationship, doesn't define it. I like that about him. He doesn't want to corner me into
a position, a title, Ty just wants me to be me. He always has.  You must be Beth. I hear his bracelets
jingle, and I assume they're shaking hands, but I don't turn around, not yet. I have to get some oxygen in my
lungs before I pass out.
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