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phone, to talk to his girlfriend, while lying in bed next to another woman.” I glare at him and see the surprise in his eyes.
    “Yes, I know about Ava, I had the luxury of watching the two of you get off the plane.” I cross my arms and look out the window. The bastard doesn’t even have a rebuttal. I got him. If he wasn’t guilty he would have denied it right away. I see another Starbucks and he passes it.
    “I would stop wasting my time. And yours. Nothing is going to change, Grant. I am done playing games.” I make sure to look at him pointedly as I chide him.
    “It wasn’t what you think, Hannah.”
    “How does the shit coming out of your mouth taste? Do you think I’m actually going to believe whatever you tell me? Even if you didn’t sleep with her, you kissed her and I watched you. I watched you hold her hand and laugh with her as if the two of you were dating. In that second it was over for me.”
    “Hannah…”
    “Save it, Grant. You can talk to me till you’re blue in the face. You’re a fucking liar.” He slows down and pulls into the next Starbucks. Thank God he got the hint. He isn’t one to fight for a woman. He has let me walk away before. I stay quiet as he places the order. When we pull out he starts to talk again.
    “So I guess I fucked up and you ran right to Aiden.” His words are crass and sharp.
    “Nope, Aiden knew what I was walking into. He tried to save your ass, but he was too late.”
    “I think it was more of a set up.”
    “How do you figure? So if I chose Aiden and he was doing something like this, you wouldn’t set him up?”
    I watch as he muses over my question. Thinking of a lie, no doubt. What a fucking asshole.
    “I chose you. I actually started to love you. I started to picture us together, kids and all.” I stop speaking so I don’t cry. He isn’t worth anymore tears. I take a few deep breathes to get myself together, but my heart is in my throat.
    “Hannah, will you let me explain? I wasn’t trying to hurt you.”
    “Bullshit! You care about no one but yourself and I see you for exactly what you really are.”
    “And what is that?” he growls, his attitude in full force.
    “A loser.”
    “You are the biggest fucking failure I have ever met. You will never learn how to love, Grant.”
    “Wow, is that what you really think?”
    “Isn’t it true? Have you ever loved a woman before?”
    “Yes, you, and if you would let me fucking talk, I would explain…” I don’t let him continue.
    “And look at how you treated me. You cheated on me not even a few days into it. You’re too selfish to love another person.”
    “Hannah, please.”
    “I am done Grant, I don’t want to hear it.”
    Not a word is spoken by either of us again. I got my point across. We pull up to the hospital and I get right out with the coffees in hand. I speed walk in and find Shane, Aiden and John still waiting.
    “Anything?” They all shake their heads no.
    “That was fast,” Shane jokes as he takes a coffee from the tray. I don’t say anything. Grant walks in after a few minutes, but doesn’t come over right away because he is on the phone. I sit between Aiden and Shane and glance over at Grant every now and then. We all stare at the door waiting for some news. Aiden leans back and puts his arm around me.
    “You OK?”
    “I’m fine,” I sigh as I make eye contact with him.
    “What did he have to say?” Shane leans back and joins the conversation.
    “Nothing, he denied it, then realized he was caught red-handed.”
    I see Grant striding over to us with confidence and I stop talking.
    “Someone wants to talk to you.” He hands me his phone and I state at him in confusion. He sticks out his hand further, pushing the phone to my chest. I look at it. “Ava” is written across the screen. I push “end” and hand it back to him.
    “Wow, you call her to fix your mess? That’s low even by your standards, Grant.” I stare him down and feel protected by Aiden and