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"Spoilsport"

"Probably about s, yes"

The view turned to darkness as we reached Lake Shore Drive, which would take us into don

"And how are you?" I asked

She frowned "What do you mean?"

I kept uess, kind of lustful about Claudia’s ic"

She s to say I looked lustfully at Claudia Which, I mean, she is a babe"

"It’s that ancient, voluptuous, Irish sexpot thing Girl crush"

"Total girl crush," she agreed "I’m all about the boys, and my boy in particular But she has an appeal that’s just--it socks you in the gut And the dress doesn’t hurt I couldn’t pull that off But daure for it" She smiled "I really want to ask her out for coffee to talk about her reen land, which would be pretty aic and the dress, she’d either be arrested for lewd behavior or completely swamped by admirers And I don’t know if fairies even drink coffee"

I didn’t, either "And the ic?" I pro to lie--I felt a twinge"

"A twinge?"

"Want Desire It’s not dark, Claudia’s ic operate But it’s old And with ood and evil aren’t nearly so far apart"

"You resisted, so that’s good"

She frowned, arranged herself in a cross-legged position on the wide leather seat "Yeah" She held out a hand, flexed her fingers, rab a handful ofbeneath y, so uess Re no anyway But even if I was going to indulge, which I’e in Too old Too different Too powerful"

"Unless we all want to end up on a direct flight to the green land," I said

"Seriously Merit," she said after a lanced at her

"Thanks for asking For, I guess, engaging me about it Addiction isn’t easy But it’s a little easier when you can be honest about it When you can acknowledge it, instead of pretending it doesn’t exist"

"You’re welcome, Mallory" I reached out and squeezed her hand "That’s what friends are for"

"And sharing girl crushes"

"And sharing girl crushes"

"Seriously, that dress, though"