Chapter 21: Third party

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~ ISAAC ~ I couldn’t believe what had just happened. My mind kept replaying everything in that dingy bar as I drove, the scenes looping like a bad movie reel: the stranger’s arms around her, his possessive grip, the way he looked at me like I was dirt under his shoe. The city’s lights blurred past the windows, streaks of yellow and white against the black night, the hum of the engine vibrating through the steering wheel into my palms. “s**t!” I hit the steering wheel in frustration, my knuckles tight, the impact sending a jolt up my arm. Avery flinched in the passenger seat, her shoulders jumping. “Isaac… calm down.” I’m trying to calm down, but I can’t. The anger boiled in my gut, hot and unrelenting, like acid eating away at me from the inside. I’d tried looking for Druscilla after

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