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"I get the very distinct i to distract me," he said She s?" she asked, reaching up to let her hair down

"So far," he replied, his eyes following her as she started up the stairs

"Good"

They didn’t uest bedrooht in the hallway, if Sanders hadn’t been soainst the wall in a linen closet, and he was sure to

Tate sat outside, bundled up in an old sweater that used to belong to Sanders It was a bright, shiny day out – and totally freezing She wore a thick pair of wool socks over her knee socks and had tucked herself into a lounge chair She sat next to the pool, which had been covered, and took out her cell phone

"I was just thinking about you," Nick said when he answered

"Psychic," she joked, pulling her knees up to her chest

"How’re things?" he asked

Tate had kept hi that had happened He just knew that she was back in Boston, and that she and Jameson were "friends"; she never elaborated on what kind of friends, and thankfully he never asked By the tiot back to Boston, he had alreadydidn’t start till s are good Just kinda hanging out," she responded

"No job?" he asked

"No, no job"

"What about school? You mentioned once -,"

"No, Dad, no school either," Tate said sarcastically

"Well, I worry about you When you don’t keep busy, you either vegetate, or get into trouble And if you’re going to get into trouble, I’d like to at least be there," he told her She snorted

"I’’, I promise Sandy and I went up to New York the other weekend, he took ood stuff," she assured him of her innocence Nick would be the last person alive ould buy it, by the tiether for a weekend, huh," he said She smiled

"Ooohhh, sounds like jealousy," Tate teased

"No, no, not at all Sanders is a very fine man When you marry him, can I walk you down the aisle?" he asked

"Of course Noe can just convince Jameson to ith Sandy, it’ll be perfect," she joked

"Is there any e could not invite Jameson?" Nick asked