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Arriving at Wood Farm, he parked his bike, climbed off, and headed up the steps that clearly looked like they had been recently painted. Grant pressed the doorbell and waited.
Sean opened the door and he watched as the man went visibly pale.
“Hello, Sean.”
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Aria wanted to go home. She had to leave. It had been a week. A very long week of trying to avoid Grant. She hated seeing him every single day, even when she tried to avoid it.
Tears filled her eyes as she held onto the pillow. She hated crying.
There was a knock at the door and she sniffled. “Come in.”
This wasn’t her room, nor was it her house. She didn’t feel comfortable taking someone else’s room. Maddie stepped through the door.
“Hey,” she said.
“Hey.” Aria smiled at the other woman and then wiped at her eyes. “I don’t suppose I can leave?”
“Not yet, I’m afraid.” Maddie sighed and moved toward the bed.
“How do you stand this?”
“It’s easier when you get to see the man you love every single day. I’ve been living in this clubhouse for a lot longer than a week.” She sighed.
“Aren’t you going crazy?”
“A little bit. I do get to go to the store, but I’ve got to have a couple of guys go with me. Bull’s very protective.”
Aria nodded. “I bet that’s nice.”
“Grant would do the same for you, you know,” Maddie said.
“He lied to me. He had sex with my sister,” Aria said. She sniffled. “It’s fine. And I saw … he was so mean. I know you said he was a bully to you, but I don’t think I … I didn’t think—”
Maddie took hold of her hands. “Don’t worry about it.”
“How can you not be upset?” Aria asked.
“Grant is a strange kind of guy. Trust me, I had all these assumptions about who he was as a person, and I was so wrong on all counts. Yes, he was a bully. He bullied me about my weight for the longest time. Even when I dated Bull, in the beginning. He and Bull got into a little fight about it. Then it was like he changed.” Maddie shrugged. “He went from being my worst enemy to one of my best friends.”
“So which one is real?” Aria asked.
“I guess both are real to a point,” Maddie said. “Does it really matter that he slept with your sister?”
The tears filled her eyes. “Isabella’s the pretty one. Everyone wants her.”
“That’s not true.”
“Isn’t it?” Aria asked. “Grant already had my sister. What if he’s comparing us?”
“Stop it,” Maddie said.
“My mom always said that I was never going to match up to my sister. That men would never want me, not after they had seen Isabella. I figured Grant was different.”
Maddie grabbed both of her hands. “I don’t like your mother. She sounds almost as bad as mine.”
“I’m so sorry for your loss,” Aria said. She had heard that Maddie had lost her parents.
