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"Great idea," I yelled back "They can spray you both down for your crotch rot while they’re at it"

"Realtoward the door

"Soreen eyes narrowed into feline slits "I’ll come back in two days, Dex Noon I expect you’ll not only be out of the apart, but that it will be clean and all my stuff will be stacked by the door If not, I really will call somebody about this"

I didn’t knoho she’d call aside frolared back at her as a way of conceding I didn’t want to just do as she said--obviously--and that coal of pride was starting to fla the longest shower of est jerk-off session of ht of Perry’s a it, and I’le tear Of course, in my fantasy, none of this shit ever happened

Then ca of the apartment, which I’usted--I’d seen better living conditions under the Pine I-5 overpass Finally, I started answeringfrom Rebecca once I told her what had happened between Perry andin person

Crack

Rebecca’s hand flew across my face the minute I opened the door She didn’t even look, she just walked in and smack It was al ability Maybe all Brits had that

"You fucking wanker!" she yelled ather purse on the kitchen counter "You piece of shit, good for nothing, pathetic excuse for a man"

I stroked my chin and looked her up and down She looked like some ‘40s femme fatale with her smooth black hair, red lips, and sculpted dress She seethed like one, too

"You’re quite attractive when you’re indignant," I coain Man, she was fast

My cheek stung as I rubbed at it I shot her a wary glance and backed away "Are you done now?"

"No," she said, folding her ar started How dare you?"

"I know," I lared at lect

She stood where she hich"You slept with Perry and broke up with her right after I can’t think of awith you?!"

"Okay, well first of all, eren’t going out so I didn’t break up with her"

"Semantics, asshole Semantics and excuses You kne she felt about you"

I pointed er at her, suddenly defensive "No! No, I did not She lied to me; she told me she didn’t love me"

"And you believed her?"

I threw my hands up "Of course I believed her! She’s my best friend She was We trusted each other I asked her if she loved me, and she said no To my face She lied Why wouldn’t I have believed her?"

She let out a puff of air as her thoughts ran amok "I don’t know Because it was so obvious to everyone"

"Everyone except me! Why would I think she loved me anyway? And ould I assu, I believe her I hardly think that’s theI could do"

She lowered her chin "She loved you, Dex"

Another fucking blow toheart I was surprised it hadn’t been pulverized to dust by now

"Maybe she did, uess it doesn’t reallyon the floor, and elegantly sat beside ht a whiff of flowers