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Tat Man clears his throat “Is she okay?”

Eles, which means we’ve entered bizarro land She jerks away fro on his chest, she looks up at hily and smoothes the wrinkles from his shirt “I’m fine”

Tat Man glances back at le brow lifted, as my friend leans harder into hi in her drink I don’t know her, but I didn’t like it The rest of her friends are kind of scary, so I waited until I could talk to soht listen” He looks down at his feet nervously, unable toover to two hot girls and saying so like that—especially when one of them is…”

He trails off as E at it like a cat If she purrs I’ to lose it

Grabbing her hand, I talk to her like she’s a kid, “Let’s not play with the nice man’s nipples, okay?” Emily juts out her bottorown another head He’s telling the truth, he has to be, this is so unlike her Holding onto her wrist, I tug her back toward me, suddenly leery “Did you see who did it?”

His arms fold over his chest in a defensive pose “Nah, she was standing inside a group of people and turned fro at the opposite end and saw a hand dulass She was too far away forbefore she picked it up Plus so is fun, it excites one or both of theht someone should know If you’re her friend, and it wasn’t planned, you should get her out of here before the guy who did it comes back for her”

For a second I wonder if he’s the guy who did it and he wants to getlot for a threeso stupid; no one is that desperate Well, uys are, but not that one He has a presence about hi, whichto irls, but her eyelids are getting heavy and she’s leaning intoher up now is me

“No, no Eht and she bats a hand at me

“I’ If I find the asshole who did this to her, I’ to send his balls into his skull

IE black scuff-marks on the floor behind us

He rushes over “What the hell happened to her?” He immediately loops her arm over his shoulder

“So in her drink It looked like sludge by the tiht she was drunk, but she’s close to passing out God, for someone so little she’s heavy I think she ate bricks for dinner” We prop her up between us and keep walking, trying to make it look like she’s fine