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Warmth bloo the past six s forforward to taking the next step

"I can’t wait," I whispered "I hope dinner doesn’t take too long"

She giggled "See you soon"

The train pulled into the Harkness, Connecticut station at six-fifteen I ran thethe doorway of suite 301 in Beauet ready

Unfortunately, bothin the common roouing about politics, and when I ca about toame?" Mat asked me as I headed for my closet

"No thanks"

He turned his attention back to my roommate, Bickley "Come on, fancy boy," he taunted "Bet e for you"

"I will consider your wager," Bickley countered, "if you shave that bit of ridiculousness off your lip"

Alone in the bedroom I shared with Bickley, I chuckled It’s not like I had time to witness the latest episode of The Mat and Bickley Show But Mat’s experiment with facial hair was pretty hideous Of course, the louder Bickley er Mat would keep his weird little ’stache

"I’ht, when I have Devon’s balls in ainst his shaft"

Cue a disgusted groan from the common rooe"

"Then quit yapping and bet on the football game, sissy boy," Mat said "The spread is three and a half in favor of the Giants I’ll even give you an extra point, okay? But only on a hundred bucks No more"

I rolled my eyes at this bit of salesmanship Mat was a coainst Bickley was a major source of his income

There was a silence while my roommate tried to decide whether there was a catch Bickley was my soccer teammate, but as a Brit he didn’t have a lot of experience with A that he wasn’t an expert at, well, pretty e it had its own gravitational field And the chip on Mat’s shoulder? It was as vast as the Grand Canyon Between the two of them, I rarely had any peace

"Give me the spread plus two," Bickley countered in his clipped, aristocratic accent