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Drawing her knees to her chest, she whispers, “I don’t want you to make the same mistakes I did.”
“What mistake—” My stomach knots as it occurs to me. “Am I a mistake? Are Jace, Cole, and Liam—”
“No,” she quickly assures me. “You and your brothers are the best things that ever happened to me.”
That’s comforting…sort of. “Then why is falling in love so bad?”
“Falling in love isn’t bad. It’s who you fall in love with.”
“I don’t understand.”
“You don’t now, but one day you will.” She cradles my face in her hands. “Love gives someone the power to break you…and if you give the wrong man that power…he’ll shatter your heart and ruin you.”
Yikes. That doesn’t sound very nice. “Did Dad do that to you?”
He wasn’t home often because he was always busy with work, but whenever he walked through the door it was always with a bouquet of roses for her.
And he always looked at her like she was his entire world.
Panic claws at my chest. I don’t want my parents to divorce. Megan Frank’s parents did last year, and she said it was the worst.
“Dad loves you—”
“I know he does.”
“Then—”
The sound of her phone ringing cuts me off.
Instantly, her face perks up. “I have to take this.” She must notice my uneasy expression because she adds, “Everything is fine, baby girl. Promise.”
A weight lifts off my chest as she answers her phone.
“Hello, my love.”
I get off the bed and scamper for the door, giving her and Dad some privacy.