(Ryan’s POV) I can’t believe this actually worked out! I came up with this idea Sunday morning while brooding over breakfast because I never got the chance to dance with Erin nor even to steer the direction of conversation into the more personal. And all because I had to leave early due to my friend, Avery, getting knocked around by her current as*hole. Malcolm and I rushed over there to find her huddled in a corner, a crying, bloody mess. We were just helping her to her feet when the d*ckhead came back. He tried shoving me around but found I wasn’t as easy to pick on. Thankfully, he took a swing at me and after beating the h*ll out of him, we called the cops. Avery and her little shih tzu are now staying with me after spending the night in the hospital so they could watch her for tw

