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He looks from me to his mother, then back to me again.
He stiffens and balls his fists by his sides.
“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me,” Maddox’s voice booms through the three-story foyer as the pieces click together. “My sister?”
“It’s not like that, man.” I try to get around Rome, but he mirrors every step I take. “I’ll tell you everythingafterI see Caitlin.”
I don’t even care if she doesn’t want to talk to me.
I just need to know she’s okay.
I need to see it for myself.
I need to know it’s not too late.
Rome blocks me with his whole body, shoving me back.
“My fucking sister?” Maddox moves, but Declan blocks him.
He grits his teeth, seething, like I knew he fucking would if he found out this way. “This isn’t your fight, Declan.”
“Move, Declan,” I tell my brother, not wanting him involved in this.
“We’re leaving, Callen,” Declan tries to force my hand, but he’s out of his fucking mind if he thinks I’m leaving without seeing Caitlin.
“I love her,” I tell anyone who gives a shit to hear it in the room.
Three words I should have given her months ago.
Maddox charges me like we’re on a football field.
Bad fucking move.
We both fly back through the round wooden table in the center of the foyer. It splinters as it gives out beneath the weight of us, shattering a crystal vase that shoots in every direction around the room, pinging off the travertine tile floor.
We wrestle for a minute before I manage to hold him back, wrapping my arms around his upper body until I’ve got him locked down with no move left. “You wanna hit me?”
Fuck. I didn’t want this to happen, but it’s clear that’s what he wants.
Because in Maddox’s mind, I betrayed him.
“I wanna fucking kill you. I can’t believe you’d do this to her. To me.”
I shove him off, and we both jump to our feet.
“It wasn’t like that, man... I fucking love her. I’ve loved her for years.”
“You’ve got a funny way of showing it, you fucking piece of shit.”
I see the punch coming before it connects, but I don’t dodge it.
I take the hit and spit out the blood.
I deserve it.
This was always how it was going to end.
I was always going to choose Caitlin over Maddox.
