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He shrugged "I’ht he’d found someone he couldup with hi what he wanted As soon as he realized he’dsister, he practically pissed his trousers" He shook his head "Autunant on uys have been assholes to her"

Killian threw me an impatient look "I didn’t say it was She’s openhearted and too trusting for her own good Unfortunately, she’s had the bad luck of e of that"

"Well, hopefully, next time will be different"

"It needs to be," he replied "I’e her"

"You won’t let that happen"

This time his lips parted in surprise when he looked atimperfect, but I believed in his love for his sister That belief see said between us until ten minutes later (it felt like ten hours!) when

"Jaconelli’s It’s a favorite of Autuht like it It’s kind of a fifties American diner throwback"

"Okay"

And there was that da to "talk"?

Killian cleared his throat "It was in the fil"

"Huh?"

"Jaconelli’s It was in Trainspotting" He gavehis attention to the road "Don’t tell ?"

"Nope, I have not"

"Please tell me you’ve at least heard of it?"

I chuckled at his disbelief "I’ve heard of it Ewan McGregor, right?"

"Oh, well, if it’s got Ewan McGregor in it, of course you’ve heard of it"

I sniffed haughtily at his sarcasm "I know it’s based on an Irvine Welsh novel"

His lips twitched "That’s so not seen the filh?"

"It is Little known fact: ow"

I s about nonsense This was hohen ere songwriting My smile disappeared as I remembered his unkindness at the label It was like he became a completely different person as soon as alked into that place

Just like that, silence fell between us again

Five minutes later Killian parked off the main road in Maryhill but walked us back toward it It was a typical fall day here, the rain falling hard and fast and slickening the sidewalks It would all have been aby, the typical red sandstone architecture, cigarette stubs, and the um and trash that had cemented itself to the sidewalk over the years