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"She misses you," Avery says in a sympathetic voice "So do I for that h for watching her for et back oneach other in on our respective lives over the past few days

I tell her more details about Dad’s hospitalization

She tells me that Thomas has learned to cross his eyes and now does it for every photo that’s ever taken

I tell her a funny story about one of my Xtreether unpleasant aro on a person

She tells ue this week and already broke his nose

I tell her about Hawke

Well, I more or less blurt it out in an unrestrained bark of ado"

Avery knows that Hawke and I have crossed paths I’d told her all about the first time we talked and hoard it was I’d told her about his olive branch and that we settled into a friendly routine I’d told her about Hawkeme in his bathroom--but omitted how much I enjoyed it--and that he outed us to Todd She knows this sort of precipitated Todd’s proposal, which in turn precipitatedthe relationship with hiht we’d have sex, and this is confirmed when she screeches, "You did what?"

"I slept with Hawke," I practically whine "It hen Dad got put into the hospital and I was exhausted and vulnerable and I needed soasht? That’s all it was, I bet"

I’

"Tell me that’s all it was," Avery deht over me "That son of a bitch doesn’t deserve est fan, but after he wouldn’t return your calls and email…well, he just can’t have ive him ing ain, so I quickly reassure her "Don’t worry, Av It was definitely only a hookup for Hawke; he’s apparently still holding a grudge--"

"Why?" Avery deently "It was just a one-ti We’ve both moved past it"