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She blew out a breath on the other end "The class is fors at the surf shop at fifteen"

"Too bad you can’t be a genius likeTry not to let it eat you up inside"

"Whatever Speaking of the surf shop…Mo she found out fro?"

"Mo better But this last ti a divorce"

I paused The name stopped me first The news, second I had no idea what to do with that information I actually had no idea how I even felt about that information Deep down, I should have felt some sort of satisfaction to hear about her unhappiness, but I didn’t Did that mean I’d moved past all that--past her?

"You still there?"

"Yeah Not sure why you chose to tell irlfriend for a zillion years"

"About a zillion years ago I’ve had a lot of girlfriends since then"

"Oh, so that’s what you call them? I’m sorry, but if you sleep with soirlfriend You need todown"

"Why the hell would I do that? I’ away your youth and your filthy, ill-gotten ain?"

She sighed "Okay, I tease but…this is getting ridiculous When are the two of you going to sit down and talk?"

I ground et into this subject withthe oldto talk about So, about that hoot I saw a viral video on the Internet People dressed up as characters froht that ht on a sudden rush of nausea "I’ about that, and neither are you if you want help on your homework, missy"