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Sutton reaches out and grabsher head in admonishment "Uh-uh-unh It’s your birthday and you are now officially off duty for the rest of the day I’ll get theaets the plates and cuts the cake She hands me the first slice and says, "Just a small piece Don’t want to ruin your dinner"

Dinner? Crap I need to get that started I start to put the plate down, but Zack breaks off his conversation with Alex and says, "You’re not cooking tonight"

I cock an eyebrow at hi The very few times I’ve suffered it, I proclaiain

"Sutton and Alex are going to watch Ben and I’ to take you out to dinner for your birthday," he says casually

Out to dinner? With Zack? Just us?

I’ away on ood employer would do for his eht smile I refuse to let him know that also twisted the knife just a bit "Sounds awesoet a shower still"

"We’ve got some time," he says, and accepts a slice of cake froet ready"

Then he turns back to Alex and ignores

Chapter 23

Zack

I wonder if there will ever couilt Whether it be the accident, the fact I didn’t give Gina what she truly desired, or the way in which I know I’ but swim in a thick, viscous pool of remorse

I feel like absolute shit about Kate’s birthday Not that I missed it, because hoas I supposed to knohat day it was? I mean…yeah, I could have looked at her application, but seriously…I’ve never been good at re

No, I feel like shit because of the fact that Kate clearly would have never told me about it because she believes deep down inside that I don’t care about her birthday

I didn’t think it was ih