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He paused "Yeah"

"I’d like to repay it Now"

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"So if you could coot down off the es that conjured up in her mind … She shook them off "It’s okay It won’t matter for what I have in mind"

A shorter silence this time, filled with a new kind of tension

And her nipples went hard "Aidan? You still there?"

"Your place in ten"

Her place? What the-- Ood "No, I’ive you!"

More crickets

"Aidan?"

"In ten," he repeated

"Okay, good--" But she was talking to dead air She looked at Char "He needs to work on his phone etiquette"

"God himself couldn’t teach those boys of ?"

"In ten"

Char saze went speculative "So what’s your stance on children?"

Lily’s hed, the sound a little evil actually

"He doesn’t likeabout et hi he doesn’t want to do You follow me?"

Lily was afraid she did but she shook her head no

"It’s the middle of the day and he’s busier than a priest in a whorehouse So if he’s cos to do so For you"

Oh, God "Why are we doing this again?" Lily asked desperately

"Because theto become the mess-ors"

Lily stared at Char Yep Evil "Proet mad at me, you’ll just kill me dead You won’t pin ain, sounding delighted now "I’d better get out of here"

"Wait-- What? I thought you wanted to see your son"