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Fight for Love
Book: Fight for Love Read Online Free
Author: E. L. Todd
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Coming of Age, Genre Fiction
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scared. Every sound in the house made me flinch. I hugged myself then called Sean, listening to his voice. My heart was still pounding so I took my blanket and pillow and went into Ryan’s bedroom.
    The door was open so I didn’t need to knock. They were both asleep in bed, completely clothed. When I walked inside, Ryan heard me. He sat up and stared at me in the dark.
    “Can I sleep in here?” I asked. I felt horrible for asking. Ryan was practically married now and needed his privacy. But I was too scared not to ask. “I can’t sleep. I—I’m too scared.”
    “I can hear everything in the apartment, Scar. Don’t be scared.”
    I held the pillow to my chest. “Please?” I begged.
    He sighed then nodded.
    I walked to the floor beside their bed then laid my stuff on the ground.
    He got out of bed, wearing his basketball shorts and a shirt, then pulled the blankets down. “I’ll sleep on the floor.”
    “No,” I said quickly. “I’m already intruding enough.”
    “Scar, it’s fine. I don’t want you lying on the floor.”
    “I don’t mind.”
    He kneeled and grabbed everything from the floor. “I’ll sleep on the couch , then.”
    Janice sat up. “No. I’m sorry, Scar, but no. Ryan sleeps with me.”
    I looked at him. “Please just let me sleep on the floor. I don’t want to make this anymore inconvenient for you.”
    Janice grabbed Ryan’s hand and pulled him back to bed. “Let her sleep on the floor.”
    “Okay,” he said as he lied beside her.
    I fixed the blan kets then lied on the floor, feeling the strain against my back. It was still better than sleeping across the hall by myself. I felt safe close to Ryan, knowing he would protect me. With him a few feet away, I actually fell asleep. When we were little, he always used to protect me from our mom in the middle of the night. Now I was dependent on him when I was afraid. It wasn’t fair to Janice that I was hogging Ryan, but I knew she would understand in light of the situation.

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    As soon as I woke up the next morning I left their bedroom, wanting to give them privacy. I knew Ryan didn’t mind letting me sleep in the same room, but I knew it was awkward becau se of Janice. He was exclusively hers and I understood that. It was just hard sometimes, especially during a hardship like this.
    I drank coffee at the table and called Sean again. There was no answer. I had no appetite so I didn’t make any breakfast. When I heard their headboard slam into the wall, I knew they were awake and aware that I wasn’t in the room anymore. I hadn’t even been a part from Sean for a day and I already missed him like crazy. I just wanted to talk to him. I was anxious to get to New York.
    Ryan and Janice came into the living room awhile later. I could tell Ryan was stil l pissed off at her by the way he didn’t look at her. His gaze never met hers and he wasn’t sweet to her like he always was. She had to pour her own cup of coffee and pull out her own chair. Ryan didn’t join us at the table. Instead, he took the newspaper into the living room, sitting on the couch.
    “I’m sorry about last night,” I whispered.
    “It’s okay, Scar. I know you’re scared.”
    “I just don’t mean to infringe on your relationship—that’s all.”
    “As long as you don’t do it all the time, I don’t mind.”
    “Thanks. I just had nightmares all night and every sound in the house made me jump.”
    “Ryan has a gun and he knows how to use it.”
    My eyes widened. “He does?”
    “He usually has it at the shop but he took it home. He was wearing it all day yesterday.”
    “That just makes me more paranoid. I’m afraid he might need it.”
    “Let’s hope he doesn’t,” she said as she stirred her coffee. She stared into the glass and sighed, obviously still depressed.
    “He’ll come around,” I said, reading her mind.
    “We’ve had our differences before but he’s never acted this way.”
    “Well, it was a really bad situation.”
    She
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