Ryan hesitated, then pressed answer anyway."Ryan, help me." Of course it was Hailey, crying. "I've got nowhere else to go."He cupped a hand over the receiver, his face going gray. She said something more, and he cut her off, urgent. "Don't go anywhere. Stay right there and wait for me."Then, without a single word to me, he floored the gas.I said nothing, and something in me sank.The car stopped in front of our building, and before it had even settled Ryan was out the door and running.Hailey practically launched herself at him, both arms locked around his neck, her red lips nearly pressed to his throat."My place is torn apart, everything smashed. I was so scared." She sobbed quietly, those alluring eyes with room for no one but Ryan. "You're all I have, Ryan. I'm so frightened."She looked utterly pitiful.Ryan couldn't bear it. He kept soothing her, even pressing kisses to her hair.The two of them held each other like no one else existed, as if they'd long forgotten there was a
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