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"We threw him out the bathrooet hurt?"

"Nah He landed on top of the Duround in the alley Then we hurried out the back and dragged hiht to keep a straight face "Poor Drew"

"He was fine Drunks are very resilient"

They wrapped up and Andy left theer, but Trevor had to get on a plane and head to Taet ready to play

He and Haven got in the car and made the drive back to St Louis

"How do you think it went?" she asked as they drove along the turnpike

He turned to her "How do I think what--oh, the interview stuff? Fine, I guess How do you think it went?"

"It’s good Really good, Trevor"

He liked hearing the confidence in her voice, was happy to see her focused on work

"Trevor, this piece would be so rich if we could touch on your early faripped the steering wheel There was so much she didn’t know, so much about him--about his past and, hell, even his current life--that she was unaware of Dipping into the past would only open old wounds and possibly expose his secret That he would never do It was too much of a risk "No"

"I don’t understand Is there soly childhoods, you know You’ve risen above it, become a success We could--"

"I don’t want to talk about this, Haven"

"You don’t trustto keep his focus on the road "Let’s not talk about this while I’ to drive I need to focus"

"Okay"

He’d put her off, for now

But he knew she was going to bring it up again