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She’d learned a long tio that it was best to keep plenty of deli uy friends stopped by It was either that or hear theave in and baked the meant cookies, brownies and cakes, her weaknesses, she made dauy cooing out of style

"He can’t be that bad," Greg said, sighing heavily as he reached for ar

"I now have thirty ways to kill him," Jodi explained as she refilled his cup of coffee

"You need to get the hell out of here before you do soh she wasn’t painfully aware of that fact

"I can’t afford to ain and after she read the next paragraph, rolled her eyes in disgust

"You have a good job, Jodi It even pays more than the museum You should be able to afford to buy your own house by now," Greg pointed out, looking around the kitchen until he spotted the bag of chips that she’d taken out and forgot to put on the table while she tried not to wince

He had no idea that Jerry had screwed her over financially when he’d walked out on her If she honestly didn’t believe that he’d grab the rest of the guys and go beat the shit out of Jerry, she probably would have told him She didn’t want anyone else to pay for her stupidity even if thatthat he’d more than earned

"Why don’t you ask your Dad for help?" he suggested

"I can’t," she h she technically could

Well, there wasn’t anything technical about it If she needed ive it to her If her ed Jodi back hoet back on her feet Soive in and adly head and deetting up so that he could grab the chips off the counter, "you’ve gotta do soo back to school"

She had to snort at that "So I can be eventhe request for the wall of plaques declaring theherself for it

"Maybe you could-" he started to suggest only to get cut off by his radio

"Echo ninety-four, please respond to a twenty-five at 178 Harrison Road"

Jodi cocked a brow in question even as she stood up and quickly packed the rest of the sandwiches for hih as he took the large paper brown bag fro of chips inside

"Well, you have fun with that," she said dryly, sitting back down in front of her laptop when all she wanted to do was grab the pint of Ben and Jerry’s that she had hidden behind a bag of broccoli and go kill a few hours and a few hundred brain cells with reality television Anything was better than writing this drivel

"And try not to kill your neighbor," Greg said, giving her the customary pat on the head before he headed out

"I’ that wouldn’t be considered admissible in court later

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