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He bends down taking my hand and pulling me up so I’m standing beside him. His eyes focus on mine and for once he seems like more than the jerk who moved in upstairs.

He seems like a friend.

His mouth opens before it closes again. He must have second guessed whatever it was he was going to say. I start to turn away when he grabs my elbow.

“Never let anyone make you feel like you don’t matter. Once you do, it becomes the truth.” His hand tucks a stray hair behind my ear and my skin heats in a strange way under his touch.

Before I can say anything, he walks past me and disappears down the hallway.

I can’t move, completely overwhelmed by everything that just happened.

Ryder just stood up for me. He’s barely said a few words to me since he was sent to our house, but today he said everything I needed to hear.