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"Moo back to the ranch"

She looked at me "And what about you?"

I avoided her eyes "I’ll talk to Adam"

She seemed to relax besidein soht me a box of fresh cinnaetting any sort of appetite back after the first round of cheet rid of the rusty,when he’d called to check up on ar Plurabbed a sandwich for hione to pick up some of Connor’s boxes tofro to ot down about one third of the roll before I set the rest aside

"Milk?" he said

"Can’t It’s on the ‘no’ list," I said, referring to my dietary restrictions

He nodded and bit into his sandwich thoughtfully My hands fidgeted on the table in front ofat me expectantly

"If--if that offer to stay with you is still open… I’d like to accept it"

Ada "Sure--yeah Yeah, of course it is"

"I just want to tell you soh" I said I cleared my throat "Um I’m a little scared about this Because of what happened last time"

Adam reached a hand across the table and took mine His warm palm enveloped it "Last time was different We both made a lot of shitty mistakes"

I nodded "Okay…"

"No recriminations, remember? I think we can move past this Do you?"