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With a sigh, I nodded "I just can’t stop"

"He htly "Well, yeah Did you think he’d uys wouldI don’t know, argue h "We dokind of But we see with hih "Okay, that’s lad for you I hope it all comes out okay"

"So do I" I leaned over and slapped a quick kiss to her cheek as she pulled intothe best friend ever"

"Just take care of yourself," she warned as I opened the door "And call if Noel gets mad I’ll tell hi her lie as much as I already had, so I blew her a kiss after I slid out of the car Then I jogged to the back door, thinking I’d be less likely to run into anyone in the kitchen than the living room

But there Noel sat at the kitchen table, reading so on the laptop in front of hiazes met, I froze

"You’re home," was all he said

I came the rest of the way inside and shut the door quietly behind me "Yep," I answered the obvious

"I left you about a dozen es"

"And I answered you"

"All you said was, ‘I’lanced away "Well…I was"

"No, you weren’t" Clasping his hands together, he set his elbows on the table and kept watchingwas a small miracle, but still…I didn’t really want to talk to him just yet I needed time to prepare my words

"Where were you?" he asked