Right On The Money Honey - Michael Hardy

EIGHT

Elizabeth sighs to herself. She hasn't talked to Michael since he left that night a few weeks ago. She's been thinking about his offer of moving in with him. She wants to but she doesn't want to be ten hours away from her family instead of one.

She's FaceTiming Caleigh to get a level headed opinion on what to do about this whole situation.

"I don't know how to help you." Caleigh sighs, running her hand through her hair. "I'm sorry."

Liz nods. "I just feel like things are starting to change between us. I don't know. Maybe I'm just being paranoid or some shit."

"Have you talked with him?"

Liz scoffs. "No."

"Why not?"

"I dunno."

"Liz..."

"Fine. I'll talk to him." She huffs. "Talk to you later."

"Good luck." Caleigh smiles, ending their call.

Liz runs a hand through her hair. She's right, she's got to talk to him.

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Michael's sitting on Morgan's porch, his guitar in his arms while Morgan's got a notepad in front of him and his laptop on the table.

"How's things goin' with the missus?" Morgan asks quietly. Michael looks up and shrugs. "What? What does that mean?"

"I haven't talked to her in a little while."

"Everything okay?"

"No but it's whatever." He brushes it off, looking down at his hands. "We got into a fight about her being a twin-"

"That's dumb."

Michael gives him a look. "And then again..." He trails off, feeling somewhat silly for their most recent fight. "I asked her why she was with me."

"What did she say?"

"That I'm good for her."

"Well, I mean. Y'all light up the damn room when you're together. The way she looks at you- she looks at you like the world don't exist no more." He tells him. "So, you stopped talkin' to her because you're self confidence is shit?"

"I don't- I just don't deserve her."

"Damn right you don't! That's why you have to bust your ass to keep her. Guys are lookin' at her sure, but it depends on how you treat her." Morgan says, spitting his dip out. "You treat her like how you feel, you lose her. You keep treatin' her like you don't deserve her and like you're doin your damn hardest to keep her, you keep her until you're six foot deep."

Michael sighs and nods. "Fine."

"She's with you 'cause she's into you. She don't give other guys a second look. Don't ruin this, man."

Michael snorts. "Aren't you the one that cheated on Maggie Wilson?"

"Split milk." He mutters. "You seen how well that went. Don't do that."

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"I don't want to keep fightin'." Liz sighs. "If we're gonna just keep fightin', I'm done. I spent two years of my life in a fight and I'm not 'bout to do that again."