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One case in particular has Shane ripping a page off the wall, while I insist he leave it in place, detailing the reasons I don’t think it’s high risk, despite ait to the spot on the wall, and when he sits back down, he giveslook

"LSAT score," he says

"I never said I took it"

"Did you take it?"

It’s a direct question, and I know he’ll know if I lie, and the truth is that it ht with approval "I had no doubt You don’t need to be sitting outside etting too old"

"When we touched on this the night weyou back Twenty-seven is not old"

"Oh come on, Shane For law school, it is You know it is"

"We’ll agree to disagree on that one Why didn’t you go after you took the test? You had to have had offers"

Regret over theand can’t be shared leaves me with only one answer that I pray he accepts "It’s complicated"

He studies ives me a nod "Understood," he says, and I don’t think he is talking about law school being co to talk about it

We slip past that , we’ve spent more time on work than Shane planned, but I don’tabout our move to the bedroom, where we spend more hours naked than not, and discover we both love Criminal Minds, which launches us into a Netflix h and talk, but I don’t miss that after the LSAT conversation he’s cautious about pressuring me for more personal details I’m both relieved and sad at the li, and the round, the more I knoherewith Brandon Enterprises or Shane It’s a reality that cuts and burns, as hours later, I lay awake in the darkness while he sleeps, his big body wrapped around mine, and I try to chase a way out of trouble that I can’t see asleep, but when I wake, it’s daylight on Sunday, and Shane is still holding ht we met But I don’t want to escape, and he only drives hoo for a run together, which I eagerly accept Both of us dress, Shane in black sweats and a black T-shirt that shows off every perfect line and s, a o, we head down the hall, and e step into the elevator and he laces his fingers withasms we’ve shared The fact that he’s proclaimed he doesn’t do relationships and that I never intended to do one either, shakes asms and yet we are still defined by s at the lobby level, and the instant we step out into the hallway, I a we’ll run into your father He was just here one night"

"Actually," Shane says "He rented a place here for his mistress"