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Gale hid her sive you quite a bit of latitude"

"Because of uile

"No" Garcia began

But Gale said, "Raul, give it up"

He tapped his notepad and shook his head "Right" He slapped it shut He turned toJonesy who smirked in triumph "Caleb, I want you to talk with your parents so when I show up at your house it doesn’t corinned "I don’t think uishing around the trash separators outside the house came to mind I think my parents are ht," Garcia said with a sigh

Jade stepped away from the cradle of my body "Wait"

They turned, Garcia’s thumb on the pulse-lock

"When- ill you be?" she trailed off

"In the next day or two"

"Okay," she said

We watched the cruiser pull away

Tiff turned to Jade and I "So, does this have anything to do with that AP dickless that’s running around trying to ravage all the girls while they’re in their," she waved a vague hand around, "couun and firecrackers

Bry scrubbed his face "Tiff shit, could ya be just a little sensitive?"

Tiff looked at Sophie and Jade, their faces held identical pinched expressions Sophie’s was the worst Her skin had a pallor to it, she was slightly ashen under her norht coffee skin

"Hell, soooorrry!" she stomped off

Bry mouthed sorry to us and walked off after her

Jonesy nodded in semi-approval "Tiff says it like it is" Then he looked at Sophie and his face sobered in a hurry Tears chased each other down her face and he said, "Come on, Soph, that’s just Tiff She has a hole under her nose and a perpetual case of diarrhea" He held out his hands in supplication

"Areeround

Jade put her aronna be okay"

Sophie looked up, her swi aqua eyes underscored by dark circles that looked like bruises framed them "It’s not Tiff I know she doesn’t have a filter It’s just the threat of so "What about your boyfriend? Buddy? Isn’t he can’t he be The Man here?" I said, trying my dauess I wasn’t really successful because Sophie’s tears dried up and Jade gave rinned "I think hisback with Bry on her heels just as Mia rolled up in her car with a soft honk Bry whipped his head around and stared She smiled back at him and he was temporarily dazed

Even I wasn’t that bad

Terran saw one too, Hart"

Nice, busted

Tiff stomped over to Sophie, as a few inches taller and said, "Sorry Soph, I wasn’t trying to pee in your Wheaties or anything"

Sophie smiled "It’s okay I’ her cloud of hair behind her shoulder

Jonesy hovered around uselessly at her elbow and she swatted hiruuy’s ass," she said, s her fist into her pal a look at the Intier than Jade but not by much She couldn’t really hurt anyone Her est weapon I’d say that was finely honed

Bry finally woke up and turned on her "K that’s enough Tiff I know that you hold your own around the house but don’t go off half-cocked thinkin’ you can take on souys looked at Tiff "I don’t need a hta know, bro When it comes to take downs I do okay"

"You sure do, for your size But look at us all now, Tiff" He swept his paluys

She looked around at the J’s, , and finally settled on Bry Then her eyes shifted to Jade (who had finally topped out at five-three), Sophie and Mia Aest" and she was still a couple of inches shorter than Jonesy, the shortest of the dudes at five-ten

Tiff huffed in frustration Bry’s eyebrows ca under Ha with her shoulder, a bubble popping "What about it?"

"Did you seriously say they didn’t have dicks?" he asked, incredulous, suppressing laughter

"Nah," she said

The guys all looked at her

"What?" she squeaked

"You sorta did You can’t tell them stuff like they can’t see it and it would be easy for the a clue on their lacking proportions," John said by way of clarifying

"Yeah, whatever, they don’t scare me Let ’em try!" She crossed her aronna hurt her?"

John’s eyes didn’t waver "Maybe"

"Definitely," Sophie said

"It’s okay, pal," Jonesy said, clapping Bry on the back, "Brett, that ass hat, said he’d take it out of your corn cob, or one of your brothers" Jonesy stepped back, spreading his arms wide