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It left me hollow too

See, we lived in Cali We grew up together Our parents are Croatian and friends which somehow meant ere automatically friends, too So, I spentout for sweet little Tina who doesn’t have a nasty bone in her body I love herShe believes I saved her life when I hter and mom passed away, but the truth is, she saved mine

There is nothingyour dearest friend deteriorate before your eyes Tina beca her worse, so she moved to New York I lasted two years before I packedwithout Tina close by is soain My heart was shrinking by the day

I’m not what you would call a ‘nice person’ I tolerate people on the best of days

Don’t get ot up around me, you’re in

But Tina is a part of ood person She h what she has, she should be a shrew But she’s o with the flow or risk being sucked into a vicious current

I glance over at the bar Lola and Trick are wrapped up in each other Not unusual

Lola loves Trick with all her heart, but Trick is having a hard ti to her I’ Trick is funny and a total knucklehead, but he’s lovable too You can’t help but laugh at his awful jokes There’son, but until he lets it loose, on’t know

My eyes continue to scan the roohter Max and Ceecee are laughing at so made fun of A smile spreads across my face Max and Ceecee live with Tina and Nik, so I see them a lot

I love them both

Max is a good friend and really great at talking people off their es And Ceecee is so adorable, you just want to eat her up She was left a paraplegic after an accident when she was just a baby So they’re another good exaain

Miot to New York She was as surly as they come Not at all a touchy-feely person Ever since we’ve been hanging with the guys, she’s s more

The guys are e call…well, the guys The group consists of Nik, his brother Max, their cousin Trick an old childhood friend, Ghost

Ghost

Damn the man