39 - I won't give her up!
VJ A cold shiver runs right through my spine. My beer abandoned, I rush after Max and toward the screams coming from Chloe’s room. “Max!” His name from her lips is ear-splitting. I watch Max jump onto Chloe’s bed like someone sliding his ass over a moving car to get to the other side of the road. He grabs her face in his hands. Chloe’s eyes are as wide as saucers, frightened, terrified, even. “I’m here, Chlo, I’m here. Everything’s okay; I’m here.” Suddenly, I see my little brother in a very different light; he has more compassion than ten men. He’s a good man, strong, caring. Definitely our mother’s son. He’s a lot like Mom and Willow, too much sometimes. As Chloe clings to Max, I wonder if she doesn’t feel more for him than he believes. I know Max said he’s not in love with Ch
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