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We were separated once we got near the starting line He was hosting the thing and had to wade into the center of the chaos, so I waved hi back

I could do a 5k, I knew it But I hated that I’d be the slowest one, and everyone knehy just by glancing atwith it, it was a difficult pill to s

Still, I sed it every day and did my best Today was no different, just a bit ht have been people I knew there, I wasn’t sure I didn’t look for anyone I didn’t want to slow anyone down

I suddenly wished I hadn’t co time with Tristan But it was also too late to back out

Still, I briefly considered hailing a taxi and just cutting out

For soht soirls from his shoards the front of the line

The assistant/showgirls were all wearing white belly shirts and white hot pants, as they posed with hih to see hi his arms around some of them for the pictures, and by theot far away after that, wondering why he needed to have ten showgirl/assistants in his act, and why they all had to sport double Ds It was depressing

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

I was at the very back when the race started It onlyshot was fired I didn’t look up or to the side, just down atthis for about fivebeside mine "You don’t have to slon for rabbed , kept watching the ground, and ?" he asked

"It’s fine," I said It was sore It was always sore, but I was very used to that "I’m not what I used to be, huh?" That had slipped out, and I wasn’t happy about it

I tried not to look at ain, haltingyou were You’re still you The rest are details"

I wanted to take strong exception to that state to say that wouldn’t co like self-pity, so I kept ain

"Is there a reason that every single one of your assistants is sporting a huge rack?" I asked hilanced at hiratified at how uncoas"

"That’s the reason? This is Vegas is the reason? Did you pick these girls out yourself?"

"I did I had to le one of them was competent They don’t just roll props out Some of them are really talented"

"And they all just so happened to have double Ds?"

"This is Vegas," he repeated