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"Don’t do it," her friend Lance said "The hall’s going to be hot and crowded You’ll get an asthma attack"
At this point, she was far more likely to expire of boredom, but she didn’t even try to reason with him Or her sisters
Or with their husbands, who’d undoubtedly refuse to help, on the arguet sex froain
So Chloe called Sawyer’s friend Tanner Riggs, as an ex-Navy SEAL, explosives expert, and as wild and crazy as she was
He, more than anyone, would understand
Or so she hoped
"Yo," Tanner said when he picked up her call "How you doing, sweet thing?"
"You kno I’h, love, and dance? Well, today it’s more like raise, aim, fire, and shoot"
Tanner laughed "So you ready to pop yet or what?"
"What," she said, and listened to hih softly "I need a favor, T"
"Sure"
"I need a ride to the Christ pause "How about a favor that won’t get me murdered in my sleep by your husband?"
"Please, Tanner?" she asked softly, and when he swore softly at her plea, she knew she had him
Chapter 4
The roads were a mess, but Chloe relaxed in the backseat because Tanner wasn’t bothered by such technicalities as dangerous conditions He parked at Town Hall and peered out his windshield Snoas du and thick as dinner plates He turned and looked at the wo to Chloe in the backseat
Chloe set her jaw and tried to look resolute, but the truth was, now that she was here, she wasn’t feeling great She’d had peanut butter toast before getting dressed, and it wasn’t sitting well in her stomach And her back ached like crazy Saould know just by looking at her that she wasn’t up to par He’d have rubbed the ache froirl couldn’t have what she wanted
Still, she’d gotten into a dress, so she was going to enjoy herself if it killed her Granted the weather was co but sit around the house for a week growing bigger and bigger, and more restless
"It’s not too late to take you ho," she said "I’et out and see people" People being anyone other than her well- but overprotective sisters They just wanted to be there for her, but if she heard one o into labor altogether