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He looks atfro else

My lids slide down overso to go?"

"Millenniu to ask one of the interns, Jeanine or George, if they wanted to co forward to the Ferris wheel at the Pier?"

"Oh, of course, you kno hs too, then turns to me "I’ll take you soood We’ll have a cigarette before I go back ho atme for the first tied withI don’t know

I want to kiss hioodbye

I’o of hiht and cheery and he giveslook before he walks back inside

I remain outside for a minute then I head back in as well I sit with Gina and Rachel, and two irls who I don’t know join us on the couches and start talking about who’s dating who, the upco of the year?"

"Not at all We’re ai small, either here or in Texas"

I sip on a roup of guys, his throat kind of sexy as he laughs, thick tendons rippling

Soly-eyed at him but he nods absently to whatever she asks

She lifts her hand and offers hi and lets out a slow puff of sarette with someone else He shoves it into his arette dangling from his lips, his eyebrows creased in concentration

The brunette follows and keeps talking to hiarette is still there I look away Deter back ho)

Farrah and Veronica (they want to kno the Chicago clubs compare to the San Antonio and Austin ones)

And then I dial randma (she was just happy I called)

Later, I clean the apartment, then I head out to Millennium Park for a run I run untilwith my hands on uzzle downclothes plastered to my skin as I pull out o to the Navy Pier withon the terrace of his place "Anything going on?" she asked as alked along the bustling hed "I don’t know"

Wynn’s advice was don’t go there

She irabbed my hand and took me to the bathrooms at the Pier and said, "Let’s seeaha!" She pointed at soaze focused on one that read,