"Oh, so you've talked to the girl," Ford bit back. He regretted it immediately, because it was both unproductive and needlessly mean, but he couldn't take the words back once they'd left his mouth. Even though he wouldn't have said them again, he didn't necessarily feel fully guilty about them. Some people didn't have the option to get married; it wasn't fair that Cash had simply determined to be unhappily married before he'd even begun.

"Fine, you asked what she wants, " he continued with a huff. "But you won't give her anything she needs. You're not even going to try."

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