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"I’ll be sure to let him know"

Before anyone else could approach us and delay our dinner, Ethan and I found a relatively quiet corner with a table and two chairs and dug into the food "Either this is the best food I’ve ever eaten or I was hungrier than I’ve ever been," Ethan said with a laugh after devouring half a plateful

I was just about to respond when I heard a flutter of wings I looked up to see Ari

"Hey, Katie, I didn’t know you were co"

"I didn’t knoas co myself"

She ers in Ethan’s direction "Now, is that a way to treat a lady? By the way, I’m Ari"

I remembered al counsel?"

She fluttered her eyes and wings simultaneously "We haven’t lanced at me and added, "And I’ve heard a little from Katie She hasn’t done you justice"

Ari was h on my list of people I wanted to run into when I was on a date She’d been around during h she wasn’t directly responsible for the disaster, she hadn’t helped matters Unfortunately, there was no polite way to tell a friend to get lost Ari wouldn’t mind, but I didn’t want to look like a jerk in front of Ethan

It rab her by the wing and beg her to leave us alone, she winked at Ethan and said, "I’d love to stay and chat, but I’ Ta-ta!"