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"Will you do it, Mo to decide "Yes," she said She would apologize, for not giving hi to listen to him and Carrie, but mostly for the rude way in which she’d told him to leave her apartize to this man

"When?" Carrie asked

"Soon," Charlotte pro After walking Higgins, Charlotte was on her way to the office, crossing the parking lot She’d spent a sleepless night co what she intended to say to Jason She’d wait until that evening, go to his apartment and say what needed to be said

She was halfway to her car when she heard her na toward her

"Hello," she said, feeling wretched

"I won’t keep you" His eyes bore into hers "I want you to know I’otten involved This is between you and Carrie, and I was out of line"

"I should never have spoken to you the way I did"

"You were angry and you had every right to be"

"But you…Oh, Jason, I feel terrible"

He frowned "Why should you?"

"Carrie toldto help chaperone the dance and…and I didn’t have the common decency to hear you out"

"It’s probably for the best I’ her heart shone in her eyes, and not caring "Why don’t you let ht

"You need to borrow a suit?" Rich asked, looking se master bedroom The honant with Bethany Rich hi L-shaped raet Sound, and he was justifiably proud

"Yes, I need to borrow a suit," Jasonhis brother the satisfaction of explaining Already he regretted having volunteered to be a chaperone for this dance Noaround a dance floor as if he knehat he was doing He’d probably make a fool of hiraders

As an engineer, Rich was required to dress more formally on the job than Jason was Jason owned a suit, but it was outdated Maybe if he waited a few ain

If the truth be known, he wasn’t even sure when he’d last worn it Souessed He’d buy another one if he thought he’d get any use out of it, but that didn’t seeht

"I wouldn’t be borrowing one if I’d knoas going to face an inquisition"

Rich chuckled, clearly enjoying Jason’s disco to run off and marry Charlotte Mom would kill you if you pulled a stunt like that"

Jason snickered, hoping to give the i from his mind, which it was Wasn’t it?

"Hey, don’t act like it couldn’t happen," Rich said, pushing hangers aside as he sorted through several tailored jackets "With our family’s history, it wouldn’t be unheard-of for you to elope"

Jason couldn’t argue with that It had all started with Taylor A few years back, his sister had moved to Montana and within three months had married Russ Palmer The decision to marry had apparently been ih-school drill team in Reno The deed was done by the time they bothered to contact any family

Jason frowned Taylor had been a chaperone, too, and look where it had led This high-school dance was beginning to sound erous

Christy hadanyone in the fa circuest sister had actually been engaged--to a lawyer, Jaone to Idaho with Cody Franklin and e had caused quite a ruckus in the fa had been smoothed over Anyway, Christy was h the attorney had reood fa Ja a sperm donor for her baby Jason had stood up for his brother, but he’d known fro that the two of them were in love He’d predicted that this sperht Janant, sooner than either of them had expected, and the process hadn’t involved any artificial insemination, either