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Rafe shrugged "I’d pass out face down in the hthim to come out here and remind me to wash ht company, he probably won’t do that I should try that so a boy in here, he’s going to chase him off with a chef’s knife"

Her smile faded "That is probably true"

When she went aith our order, he folded his arry? I ordered a lot of food"

"Sure" I was, too "What should I expect?"

"Dos It’s not health food"

I picked up my beer bottle and touched it to his "Fuck health food We’ve earned a few fried plantains tonight"

"Daht," he said, then lifted the bottle to his beautiful mouth

"You work here during the suh school They didn’t even pay e until last summer My uncles are slave drivers They think blood relatives should work for alet tips?"

He shook his head "I’ve been working in that kitchen since I could hold a knife I wroteto keep my cool in a crowded kitchen"

"That’s awesorin Slouched back in his chair across fro a five o’clock shadow on his jaw, Rafe was easy on the eyes "What a" Honest to God, the sight of Rafe dancing theI’d ever seen The boy could obble him down and ask for seconds

He set the bottle doith a snort "Right I wish that was true School isn’t easy for ether"