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The End of Me Tara Brown 26100K 2023-08-31

I folded ht this?" Was I that predicable? "What is he fucking psychic?"

She shrugged, "Sometimes I think he is"

I pursed hed, "Does it look like it belongs to ether and nodded, "Yeah, dus I’d res off"

She pulled back the curtain, "You owe me ten bucks and a new pair of Christian Louboutin ankle boots"

"Fair enough," I muttered and walked out of the room to the seats out front I almost sat in a different one, but I rery I needed a reason I sat down and looked at the plate of prawns and sauce in front of led I rubbed it and picked up a prawn by its tail I dragged it through the still warood, Roxy"

She grinned as she passed me, "You like it?"

I nodded, "Wow"

She winked and walked to the front of the plane

I ignored his existence and enjoyed h the sauce on the plate The crusty bread was still warain

She cleared it and placed a plate of seared white fish, with a creaetables The sauce was a lime and cilantro

"When was the last tied and drank frolass I knehen it was, but I wasn’t in theI’d eaten was picks and nibbles of random foods I wished I’d eaten the entire fruit salad at Fritz’s

I hoped they were okay

I glanced at my clutch on the table I would need to call e landed

"You need to take better care of yourself"

I looked at him, "I need the stability back in my life I need you and the CI, and CIA, and Jaularly before I was drinking water and eating fiveon planes and eating food from convenience stores, and I still don’t know that my kids and mom are safe, or if my husband is really dead"

He looked at me, "I knew you would look nice in that outfit"

I shookback the last of ry withhi it slide into indifference, I shrugged, "I don’t knohat to believe There are too many versions of you to possibly know"

He smirked, "You know me; you just don’t want to adhed and turned back to ged her as I left the plane, "I’ll get you those shoes"

She pinched, "You better not, but I want nificent et the fish so perfect on a plane"

She rolled her eyes, "You flatter and then I have to make sure it’s out of the park next ti Servario nervously He was stoic I decided that should be his new name

I shook my head, "I doubt that will be an issue," and followed Steve

His broad shoulders and thick back made me wonder how he stayed so fit He seeuys who stayed fit, nofor us I had noticed eren’t back in Boston We flew into San Diego

My stoht ere going hoave me a blank look, "When did I say that?"

"I need to call et her to drop by and feed the cat I’ve been gone for days"

He watched my face for a second, "Fine Make it fast and speaker phone"

I pulled out the cellphone he gaveCoop traced e mistake and I needed an evac

"Hello?" she answered on the first ring

"Beth, how are you? It’s, Evie"

"Evie, how are you doing? Are you okay?" she sounded sad still

I rolled my eyes, "I’ood Sad, but good Anyway, the reason for my call is I need you to stop over and check on Ralph and o for a couple days We’re in San Diego We decided to take a trip and I forgot, in all the chaos, to call you"

"Yes, of course I’ll see hilanced at Servario, "That should be great You have a key still, right?"