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Thankfully, he agreed to coht at 8 p that prospect was

First thing when I got up, I briefed Milo on Jack’s arrival, but Moifted with everything do he was the cook in the fa to help hihten up the apartment

We actually had a nice apartment; it was just very small It was important to me that we impressed Jack here we lived, and I didn’t knohy

I didn’t knohy I felt anything I did about hiht’s problem

Then the unthinkable happened Jack arrived early

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"Jack," I said breathlessly when I opened the door He had foundhim the apartment number, but I couldn’t mention that in front of Milo

"Hi," Jack beamed at me He wore a simple tee shirt with Dickies, but it was the first time I’d seen hi up, and it made me smile

"You’re early," I told him I held the door open, but I hadn’t let hi me an odd look Milo had been behind , but he hadn’t made a sound since we’d heard the knock at the door

"Is that a bad thing?" Jack asked

"No, not really," I admitted, and finally took a step back so he could come inside He smiled at my brother and his eyes quickly scanned the apartlanced at the clock on the wall, noting that it was after seven "When does she get up?"

"I’ll go get her now," Milo offered, wiping his hands on his jeans and stepping away fro that I hadn’t introduced them "Jack, this is my brother Milo Milo, this is Jack"

"Nice to meet you" Milo did a little half wave/half nod coet my mom

"I think I make him nervous," Jack told me quietly

"Everyone makes him nervous"

We stood rather aardly in the kitchen, although I did feel slightly better now that he was around He had a kind of calood or bad