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Brandon turned his arm to them when he saw the interest in everyone It was the US Marine elobe with an anchor going through the globe The detail was impressive, and by the look on Brandon’s face, there was no doubt he was proud

"That’s cool" Ro a tattoo Did it hurt?"

The guys chuckled "What are you gonna get, Romero? A picture of your cat, Flea?"

Rousted "Its Fee Fee, and he’s not ht his attention back to Brandon "I was thinking of getting a gun right here" He lifted his shirt, exposing his abdomen He stuck his hand in his pants "So it looks like I’ Brandon

"That’d be the only thing you’d be packin’," Alex said

Ro to see the hu, he looked back at Brandon "So does it hurt?"

The girls had co He was cute, just a pup Instead of bending over and petting the dog like Sarah and Valerie, Sofia ca her hand in his Brandon glanced at theht his attention back to Ro needle kinda nu at his arood"

Brandon chuckled "Yeah, I thought I was used to getting worked out, but I got back hoot worked out pretty hard here, right, Sof?"

Sof?

Sofia shter He wasn’t sure what thatto any conclusions like he knew her brothers would They all stared at Sofia Brandon saw the looks on their faces "I knew she was on the track tealanced at Sofia In very unlike Sofia fashion, she blushed She hadn’t mentioned Brandon was even back in town,with him Eric didn’t want toto do with her behavior this week

"So you raced?" Romero asked Before either could respond, he added, "Did you beat ‘ilances It was just a glance, but it held the weight of an elephant It turned Eric’s sto up until then took a nose dive

"I almost beat him," Sofia answered

Brandon set e in Brandon’s eyes wasn’t missed Sofia didn’t respond Much to Eric’s annoyance, Ro about the tattoo As if one tattoo made Brandon an expert on the subject Eric wanted to hearIf he didn’t now, he’d sure as hell make sure he did later Unfortunately, later would have to wait The guys had planned a night out, bowling

After chatting for a while longer, Brandon finally said he had to take off, but not before turning to Sofia one last ti?"

Eric felt her tense up "No I only run during the week"

"Alright, then I’ll see you out there Monday ed in response

To top it off, Angel insisted that since Eric had had such a long drive, there was no sense in taking two cars--they should all go in his The only ht was the drive to bowling alley Now that was shot, too He wouldn’t even be able to take advantage of the ride home