ᴇɴᴄʜᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ | ᴄᴏɴʀᴀᴅ ғɪsʜᴇʀ [1]

Lᴏᴠᴇ Tʀɪᴀɴɢʟᴇ (2)

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"Don't know what to say. It's just the one room. If you don't want it, I have a trucker on hold that does."

"No, no, no, no. Uh, we will take it." Belly says

Conrad hands the clerk his card. She hands it back and sets the keys on the counter, "Thank you." Liz says as she reaches for it. She looks up as Conrad reaches for it too. She backs off and lets him take it.

"You guys go ahead, I'll catch up." He says as he hands her the key

"What are you gonna do?" Jeremiah asks

"Just gonna make some calls. Didn't get a chance to say goodbye to anybody, so..."

"Okay." Belly says. Liz walks out with Jeremiah and Belly following her. As they walk into the room, Liz sighs.

"One bed." Jeremiah says, "This day just keeps getting better and better."

Liz sets her bag on the chair by the window. She immediately digs for clothes. It's silent as she looks up to Belly and Jeremiah. They share awkward glances as they set their bags down. Liz widens her eyes before she grabs her stuff and walks into the bathroom.

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Jeremiah walks out towards the vending machine and sees Conrad sitting there. He sits in the chair next to him.

"We need to talk."

"I'm too tired to talk." Conrad says as he starts to get up

"That's too fucking bad." Jeremiah says grabbing his arm, "I know what you're doing. You're acting like a dick to Liz, so that no one can see how badly you're hurting. You're upset about me and Belly and I don't understand why-"

"Because you and Belly just work." Conrad interrupts, "There's no complication with you two, it's just perfect."

"You still love her though."

"Yeah. I do." Conrad sighs

"Then you need to tell her."

"Why? She doesn't care anymore. She's done with me."

"Maybe. Maybe not." Jeremiah shrugs, "She deserves to know how you feel. If you're what she needs, then stop getting in your own way."

"She deserves to be happy. I want her to be happy."

"Me, too. So you gonna tell her?" Jeremiah asks. Conrad looks down, "Look, if you're not gonna do it for yourself... then do it for her."

"Okay." Conrad nods as he closes his eyes

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Liz sat on the bed when Belly walked out of the bathroom. Conrad and Jeremiah sat at the table with food from the vending machine. As Belly sat down on the foot of the bed, Conrad tosses a candy to her.