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"He didn’t sound worried, Rose," Lorenzo tried to assure her "He said Grace didn’t even realize she was contracting until the doctor told her she was"

Rose glanced back at Lorenzo as she listened to Sal’s voicemail

"Rose just so you know, Grace is fine The doctor is not even sending her to the hospital He just wants to er She’s fine, the baby’s fine, the only thing she’s worried about is you No freaking out okay? We should be hoonna stop by to close up the restaurant foran enorel’s voice out front, and it was getting closer Lorenzo was still getting his apron on when Angel walked into the back rooot the call about twenty ets busy on Fridays," he turned to Rose with that dioofy "Your boyfriend’s out in the parking lot"

That wiped the silly slanced at Lorenzo whose own expression had gone hard

With no tirabbed her purse, and rushed out without looking at Lorenzo again She was almost at the front door when she heard Lorenzo’s voice just behind her "Why’s he here?"

She turned to face hi to talk to him"

Lorenzo peered at her suspiciously "You also said he wasn’t your boyfriend Why couldn’t you just text him that he doesn’t have to play the part anymore? Or was he really your boyfriend and you’re actually breaking up with him now?"

Good Lord Rose couldn’t decide which orse Having to have this conversation with Lorenzo now or having to have it later with Vincent

Looking over Vincent’s shoulder, she saw Angel walk out of the back room and look their way "He’s nother voice "He never was, but he is my friend"

"So what?" Lorenzo didn’t follow her lead of lowering his voice Frustratingly he did just the opposite and raised his "You’re gonna go out there and sit in his car with hiain? And you really expectthat Angel atching them

"What?" He spat out the question "What do you el, she pulled hi and too coht now He’s not just here to visit He’s doing et into the details with you, but I pro on between me and him"

Lorenzo shook his head He was as stubborn as Vincent had described hi you I know Vince wouldn’t be cool with this shit He hates this guy, and here he is showing up all the ti at Ben’s car "I should be hearing froing his piercing eyes back to her taking her breath away much like his brother always did with the almost identical stare, "and he always asks if I’ve heard anything else about you I’ to be hard enough to explain Ben to Vincent without hi a deep breath she glanced over at Ben’s car What to do? "I’m sick, Lorenzo, okay? Nobody knows but Ben, and I only told hiive me injections twice a week, and he’s pre-lare soften a bit and the concern set in "You’re sick? What’s wrong with you?"

"Pernicious Anemia I have a vitamin deficiency that lowers my red blood cell count, and I need to be injected with Vitamin B12 twice a week Pills won’t help" She turned back to Ben’s car "That’s why he coh his hair "Is it terminal?"

"No" She shook her head "Well, from what I’ve read online, it could lead to other stuff that would be terht lanced in Ben’s direction "So why don’t you just inject yourself Why does he have to do it?"

"Because I’onna have to learn because I think this is forever, and I can’t be counting on hi, but for now…"

"And there’s no one else that can do it?" The concern was gone now as he raised an eyebrow

"I haven’t told anyone else I don’t want to worry Grace in her condition" Glancing back at Ben’s car anxiously, she wished now that she’d explained, Lorenzo would just go inside already She didn’t want tofor me"

She took a step away fro with her "Tell hio I can do it"

She stopped and looked at him He was even worse than Vincent had described hionna do it?"