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Of all the things we needed to discuss she wanted to talk about Alexʼs make-out skills? "I donʼt kiss and tell"

"Since when?"

"Since you decided not to See and tell"

I thought that would sha, but she was relentless "At least pro protection" It took a few ed to suck the piece of gu down my windpipe Talley had to stop the car and pound on

"Weʼre not doing anything that requires protection!" I said, adding "thinks Iʼry with Talley

"Really?" she said, finally pulling onto the uys were doing before I got there slip while I was talking to Joi, and --"

"We wereout!" Holy coas everyone privy tofor the show

Talley stared thoughtfully out of the windshield "Do you love him?"

"Have you met Alex? I would be crazy not to love hihed draainst the headrest "Maybe? I mean, I care about him a lot Heʼs like fifteen shades of awesoht He makes me happy Like, really, truly happy I think I love hi out as we drove by, re services to roll around in bed with a half-naked boy As if I needed another reason to feel like a bad person "Yeah But Charlie," I said "I mean, if I was truly in love with Alex, I wouldnʼt still feel this way about Charlie, would I?" Talley atte 25 ave up when he made it clear he required both lanes of traffic "Scout Donovan, I canʼt believe that you, of all people, would actually buy into that one true love stuff"

"Why not?" Was this another one of those ʻScout is unable to connect with real peopleʼ

things?

"Your mom and dad are the best example in the world of how itʼs possible to truly love more than one person"

"They are?"

"Of course they are Your dad loves Becca, right?"

"Obviously" Mo really sappy stuff, like holding hands and kissing each other for no good reason while theyʼre cooking dinner Itʼs unnatural

"But he still loves your biological mother, doesnʼt he?" My parents donʼt talk about their first raveyard to put fresh flowers by o with hi on their personal ti her about all the things going on with our lives, and how much he misses her "Yes, he still loves her"