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#Chapter46

River's P.O.V

For some reason when you’re in the arms of a loved one you want everything to stop there or for everything to slow down even if it's just for a minute or a millisecond.

Time makes us older, more mature, wrinkly, unbearable and it even causes death so why not live by the moment.

Having death in our mindset makes us take risks, make rash decisions or even reevaluate our lives.

Being in the arms of Ethan and having Nate laying there next to me makes me want to protect what we have for the life of me.

A knock on the door pulls me from my trance of thoughts and has me standing up on my bed just to get by the two that are very attached to the bed.

I walk to the entrance of the house and swing the door open to my surprise find my mother and Aiden standing there.

"Mom you could have called and told me you were coming. "I forced a smile trying to be as polite as possible but then again trying to get her out of my house so she wouldn't see Ethan. "I wanted to see
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