Effectively, I’ll be damned.

“What are you doing right here?” I ask, my eyes trying previous him in the hunt for her.

“DD doesn’t know. DD doesn’t know,” he says, rocking on his toes and again. “DD doesn’t know.”

“Who’s DD? Is that your new advisor? Is she imagined to be right here with you?” I look behind us once more, ready for somebody to return out.

“No. No, I’m right here since you want a trip. You want a trip since you don’t have a battery. A trip.”

I cock my forehead. “How do you know I didn’t have a battery?”

“I do know you didn’t have a battery as a result of I took your battery. Colin took your battery. It’s my battery now. I wanted it. Wanted it.”

“Colin.” My mouth drops open as I stare at him in full confusion. “I can provide you a trip again, simply give me the ba—”

“It’s not right here. It’s not. The battery isn’t right here.”

I stand straight with my arms on my hips, tipping my head in confusion. “Whereeee is it?”

“I used it to soup up my automotive. Soup up. Now c’mon. Soup up automotive. We have now a race to get to,” he says, turning from me and strolling towards the storage exit.

“Colin!” I name out, jogging after him.

He turns, holding onto the straps of his backpack, trying down on the floor as he blinks rapidly.

“Your race,” I ask breathlessly. “It’s immediately?”

He nods as soon as, then reaches for his backpack. Opening the zipper whereas holding the bag towards his chest, he pulls out what appears to be like like a canary-colored shirt. He zips it again up, putting it on his again as he throws the rolled up material at me.

I catch it towards my chest and watch in shock as he turns and continues down the alleyway. I open the shirt, seeing the workforce title printed throughout the chest in white. “The Canary Cowards.”

My coronary heart drops into my abdomen.

The workforce.

Our workforce.

“Workforce wants you!” he yells ahead into the storage as he continues strolling. “Workforce wants you.”

I swallow what looks like a brick, clutching the t-shirt to my chest, and my eyes start to water. I tighten my jaw, making an attempt to carry again my feelings earlier than operating after him.

“Wait! Colin!” I attain him in just a few steps, stopping immediately in entrance of him and forcing him to stall his motions. “A-are you certain about this? About…me?”

I don’t know the way else to ask if he’s nonetheless afraid of me, when clearly he’s right here. In my parking storage. Throwing shirts at me and stealing my automotive battery.

“I referred to as you a coward for a purpose,” he says, trying me up and down.

I’ve by no means felt extra harm, extra disrespected, extra beloved in all my life. This man sees by me totally. I’ll not perceive how he at all times does it, however I do know that a lot is true.

“Wait,” I stutter, shaking my head. “Why are you doing this? Why give me an opportunity once more in spite of everything I’ve accomplished?”

He purses his lips and shrugs. “You’re keen on her. Love her. You’re keen on her. Don’t waste it, Lake. Love her.”

My face falls right into a pained frown, and I actually really feel my chest crack in half.

Colin takes a step ahead, putting his arms on my shoulders. He gazes down at my footwear and says, “All we’ve is that this time proper now. Time is at all times ticking away from us.”

I suck in a breath, absorbing his phrases. I nod my head, letting out a heavy sigh. Colin pats my shoulders earlier than pulling them in the direction of him. Earlier than I do know it, his head is resting on my shoulder and his arms are round my again, patting me. Colin is hugging me.

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