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"“I would give almost anything to get back what we had,” he said. “And you know why.”

Not really. Although we both certainly knew what the almost anything was that he wouldn’t give up. But I closed my eyes, not resisting when his arms slipped around me."

"“Then what the hell was this?” The anger and hurt in his voice was painful to hear.

I sat up, forcing him to retreat. “You know what the hell this was, Jake. This was us saying good-bye properly.”"

"“I want you in my life -- you can set the parameters.”"