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She gave a mock shudder "Unfortunately, that’s far too true You’re such a dra with ood in comparison!" Then she lifted her chin in the direction the BMW had gone "So, you and the football star, huh? Spill!"
"There’s nothing to spill," I insisted "We were in the same Early Japanese Art class We found out that ere from the same town He asked me out He was nice We dated for about two hed "Okay, he was alsonod "That’s how to get off to a good start" Then she cocked her head, eyes sparkling ood as any first tiuy We just had absolutely nothing in coht nicer than my second boyfriend Complete asshat and sucked in bed"
Her lips twitched "And now you date a deed "Clearly I haven’t learned a da"
Chapter 3
The car heater did its best to pu heat, but there was only so much that the poor Taurus could do for me I could hardly blame it It wasn’t often that it was called upon to perform this sort of service To its credit, it had a quite efficient air conditioner, which was usually far more important, since the su the air conditioner again in less than a week Weather in this area tended to be rather inconsistent
After a few ave up and pulled into the parking lot of the first non-outrageously priced clothing store I could find that was open Yes, I had real jackets and war at ho my ass off now
My plan was to buy the cheapest, warloves But when I walked into the store the first thing that caught my eye was the mannequin by the door Or rather, as on theon irl behind the counter "I’d like to try that on, please"
I slid the coat on while the sales girl looked on approvingly
"It’s on sale, you know," she said slyly
I ran my hands over it, inhaled deeply of the rich scent of the black leather "Would it be wrong for ly up top and skih to allowure I didn’t usually have anything close to a defined waist, and aveiving h I swung h it fit me like a second skin, I could stillthis coat Who needed savings? At the rate I was going, I wouldn’t live to see retire of loves as well, because what’s a badass coat without badass gloves? It was a good thing the store didn’t sell boots, because I had no doubt I’d have bought soe to hand al side ed to slap a bit of sense intonot only war like leather toneed to go to the station since the report on the death of Barry Landrieu could certainly wait until Monday However, teeks ago the gods had decided that I was a good and just person and deserved to be compensated for the selfless works I had performed, and Grounds For Arrest had opened directly across the street from the Beaulac Police Department
It was like Mecca and Nirvana and Valhalla all rolled into one It was ri La They served coffee with chicory And it was Good
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