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"I-Iit was," Mark noticeably sed as he backed away frodeal"

"I see," Rory mumbled, but didn’t move to run away or cry likeat theto hitlike a puy

Rory sied "I don’t have to"

Mark frowned, dropping his hands "Why not?"

"Because they will," Connor answered for her, grinning when five huge h the crowd and started to circle Mark, looking ready to tear him apart and they probably would

"But, it was just a-" Whatever he would have said was cut off by one of Rory’s brother’s fist

"Thanks for the head’s up," Rory said as she passed hi after her He was et some sleep He was exhausted, which was probably the reason he didn’t see it, or rather her, co

As soon as he stepped outside he realized that Rory was nowhere to be seen He really should have known better, he thought as Rory duallon of piss warain," she said pleasantly as she handed hi and headed towards her car

"No proble back a yawn as he headed after her, only pausing long enough to snatch a large bag of ice out of someone’s hand

Chapter 1

"Come on, come on, coht in town to turn green Just as it did, she sighed with immense relief which ended abruptly when Mrs Church, Golden, New Hanal to walk across the street, using her walker

Her eyes shot to the dimly lit clock on her dashboard and she may have whimpered She was five minutes late! She could not be five minutes late Not today Normally it would just irritate her, but today it felt like it was a matter of life or death She needed Mrs Church to haul her ninety-six year old ass across the street before the light turned red

Rory tapped her thu wheel as she stared intently at Mrs Church in an effort to will the old woman to move quickly It only seemed to draw Mrs Church’s attention The older woht in front of Rory’s neell new to her, Jeep and se to gesture for the older woman to move her ass, Rory forced a smile and waved back After a few seconds, Mrs Church slowly turned back around and raised her walker, set it a few inches in front of her and shuffled Rory watched as she raised the walker again, gained six ht turned red

She groaned as Mrs Church turned and sent her another friendly wave Rory debated getting out of the car and helping her, but she knew that would only encourage Mrs Church to stop in the randchildren

All thirty-four of thehts later, Mrs Church was safely across the street and Rory was gunning it Two minutes later she was in front of McGill’sfor a minivan full of kids driven by a wo to snap if she heard "The wheels on the bus goes round and round" one more time, to pull out of her spot

As she waited for the van to pull out, Rory put on her left blinker, officially declaring her claim on the spot while she took the opportunity to cal It probably wouldn’t look professional to go in there sweating and panting like a woo for a large cup of hot cocoa, her one true weakness