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Ryan couldn’t quite believe it when he read the message in front of him. He read it again another three times just to be sure he was reading it right. He was.

She actually wanted to talk? And at her house? Without an audience? This had to be something.

These last two weeks had been awful. Trying to stay away from Mia had been horrible. A few times he’d caught her hurt expression, and he’d almost caved. But maybe it had all been worth it to prove to Savannah how much he wanted her back.

He had decided that if Savannah was going to take him back, he wanted to be honest with her about what was happening with his homelife. Right now, his dad was behaving, but he knew it was only a matter of time before he went back to drinking. When that happened, he hoped Savannah would be there to support him. After all, it had been nice to have Mia aware of what was going on. It had brought them closer together. It was only fair to give Savannah the same opportu