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"Not until you tell ht now, man"

"He really doesn’t," Penny piped in "What he does have time for, my dear brother-in-law, is a quickie Since I know you don’t want details, we’re going to hang up now Oh, and don’t forget the boardafter that for the upco," Aidan said

"Me too," Penny said cheerfully, and disconnected the call

Aidan shook his head and rubbed his eyes to dispel the i it out, but he’d probably need an entire bucket of bleach for that

And shit He still had to call Lenny, who answered sounding hung over

"What?" Lenny snapped, not friendly

"We need to talk," Aidan said

"No can do, compadre Got a date with my bed"

"It’s important," Aidan said "It’s about work"

"I called in sick today I’ over?" Aidan asked

There was a pause "We used to agree those tere one and the saot responsibilities," Aidan said

"Aw, shit," Lenny grumbled "Don’t talk down to me, man And I haven’t had any caffeine yet This conversation is way too heavy without caffeine"

Aidan scrubbed a hand down his face Lenny wasn’t taking this seriously, but Aidan felt a huge responsibility He’d been the one to vouch for Lenny when he’d needed a job "I’s," he said, reluctantly realizing that this was going to require a face-to-face

There was another beat of silence and then all levity drained from Lenny’s voice "Just say what you want to say"

"Not what I want to say," Aidan said "But what needs to be said This DUI is strike two--"