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           Hedidn’tbelieve..."Jacobtrailedoffself-consciously.

           Myeyesnarrowed."Ifell."

           "Iknowthat,"Jacobsaidquickly.

           "HethinksEdwardhadsomethingtodowithmegettinghurt."Itwasn’taquestion,anddespitemypromise,Iwasangry.

           Jacobwouldn’tmeetmyeyes.Weweren’tevenbotheringtoswaytothemusic,thoughhishandswerestillonmywaist,andminearoundhisneck.

           "Look,Jacob,IknowBillyprobablywon’tbelievethis,butjustsoyouknow"-helookedatmenow,respondingtothenewearnestnessinmyvoice-"Edwardreallydidsavemylife.Ifitweren’tforEdwardandhisfather,I’dbedead."

           "Iknow,"heclaimed,buthesoundedlikemysincerewordshadaffectedhimsome.Maybehe’dbeabletoconvinceBillyofthismuch,atleast.

           "Hey,I’msorryyouhadtocomedothis,Jacob,"Iapologized."Atanyrate,yougetyourparts,right?"

           "Yeah,"hemuttered.Hewasstilllookingawkward...upset.

           "There’smore?"Iaskedindisbelief.

           "Forgetit,"hemumbled,"I’llgetajobandsavethemoneymyself."

           Iglaredathimuntilhemetmygaze."Justspititout,Jacob."

           "It’ssobad."

           "Idon’tcare.Tellme,"Iinsisted.

           "Okay...but,geez,thissoundsbad."Heshookhishead."Hesaidtotellyou,no,towarnyou,that-andthisishisplural,notmine"-heliftedonehandfrommywaistandmadelittlequotationsmarksintheair-’"We’llbewatching.’"Hewatchedwarilyformyreaction.

           Itsoundedlikesomethingfromamafiamovie.Ilaughedoutloud.

           "Sorryyouhadtodothis,Jake,"Isnickered.