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"Yeah right!" I elbowed hi bets?"

"Yep How about a grand?" he suggested, pretending to reach for his wallet

"Pass Just keep your money I may need to borrow some to pay him back for all of this"

"Oh she of little faith," Pete said, pattingoverly presu as I picked up the pile that lay inside the front door Ryan’s fan mail volume never ceased; it actually increased since his fans had a physicaladdress for the object of their affection Fortunately, the Seaport Post Office kept a running pile and only delivered the trays of fan h the pile and still found a few that snuck through

I used er to open up a plain white envelope addressed to Taryn Mitchell

I gasped in horror as e written on a sihtened and I felt faint Basic internal instinctsall over again

"Why are you so ju the cooler with bottled beer and every tiether I unconsciously flinched

I took the letter out of my back pocket

"Taryn! This is no joke! Did you call the cops?"

I folded it back up and shoved it deep into do? Besides, rabbed ot it in theto flip," Marie stated the obvious "You are going to tell hi pressured I hadn’t intended to say anything to hih to worry about

"You can’t keep so like this from him, Taryn!"

Quite a few reasons not to tell hiossip news His rehearsals with Lauren happened to be photographed and candid shots were conveniently leaked to theover every media outlet that Ryan had rekindled his previous relationship with Lauren New pictures of theled in with old pictures fro theht not know the difference To so thewith, I kneas old and as new

Soazines even reprinted old co them into new content to make it look like they had obtained the latest news directly fro when I turned the pub TV to watch Celebrity Tonight Ryan’s alleged affair in Florida was top story news

Marie marched over to me and snatched the television remote out of my hand "It’s all crap and you know it," she said forcefully, changing the channel before I had a say in the matter

Over the next few days, my mail was pleasantly devoid of horrid letters I had hoped that the original letter was a one-time occurrence, but I worried nonetheless

Unfortunately, Thursday afternoon, a new threat letter arrived in thedropped on the bar ht

"Sorry, didn’t mean to startle you," Kyle said "Hi!" He sht if I have a beer? I promise I’ll behave See?" He opened up his coat to show

I founds of protection that swirled around hi a concealed weapon I rolled htly in return Why did he have to be so daeous?

I twisted the cap off of a bottle of beer and set it in front of hiht after that I wasn’t about to give him free drinks, not after the scene he etting loud and rowdy Someone dropped a pool stick on the floor; the sharp crack e," Kyle muttered "Is it because I’m here? If you don’t want me here, I’ll just have this one and then I’ll leave"