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"Yeah, he’s doing really well He’s getting big And Stan has a regular gig at The Blue Moon too now, you know He’s a hit," I said and ht

"I love you so much, Gabrielle," he said and his voice was filled with eht be the anse’ve been looking for" I yawned The swi and the sun and alcohol, not to ht before, had tired us out and we fell asleep like that, content in the knowledge that ould figure it out together

Sometime later there was a knock on the door that woke us up and I heard a familiar voice call out to tell us that it was almost time for dinner I sat up and ju ho the door open to Braden’s beautiful blonde younger sister who gave

"I cauys andhis sister too The Pierces were huggers Bruno yipped and jureet her and she immediately fawned all over him which, of course, made her very popular, very quickly, with Bruno

"Have you met them yet?" I asked

"Well, I already knew Mark and Ada up atBruno with affection, "but I’ve met Jess and Lily too now and I love them"

We caught up with her for a few minutes and then we all went downstairs to join the others for dinner Theresa hadstories and filling Beth in on everything that had been happening She was intrigued to find out that Lily was an author and it turned out that she too was a fan of spicy roed Lily to tell her what her pen naot all excited

"Oh ! You’re kidding, right? I can’t believe you’re sitting right here atroom table" I saw Adam roll his eyes, but mercifully, he didn’t co No as that all based on bad bar Mitzvah reat novelist," Lily said and glanced over at Adah I would love to becoreat mystery or thriller writer so all kinds of new things!" Beth said with a laugh She blushed a little which made her look even prettier

"I don’t want to hear this!" Braden cut in, looking distinctly unco equally unco how co Braden and me about our sex life

"I do," Mark said with a flirty smile which earned hih frolanced up at him and blushed even deeper

"I have to ask, how do you come up with these ideas? I mean that scene in the last one with the …" Beth went on Apparently we had all read that scene