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"I can’t live with Peter anymore, and I don’t think you should either," Jack said "And I don’t really want to be around Mae"

I chewed my lip and looked up at him He’d just coain, but I wasn’t ready to sacrifice everything else just to be with hi with Ezra, and we start looking for a place of our own in the Cities, with rooh for Milo and Bobby to stay with us as often as they want We’ll still be close to everybody, and Milo can go back and forth if he wants, but me and you will finally have some privacy"

"Okay," I nodded, but the ideawhat Milo did to Bobby and Jonathan did to Jane, I wasn’t so keen on the idea of privacy with Jack Yes, I really, really, really wanted to do things with him, but I loved him too much to kill him

"I have barely slept in three days," Jack yawned "And it’s not even noon yet What do you say we get soave him a kiss on the lips

He pulled off his tee shirt and shorts, opting to sleep in his boxers, which was fine byin their underwear as Jack did I crawled into bed, and he climbed in aftermy head on his chest

"I h ht of so "Where did you sleep for the past three days?"

"Hotel," Jack chuckled a little "I just got a rooo I couldn’t take being away from you anymore, so I came home"

"You should’ve ca to do," he sighed "And it worked out okay I mean, I’m here with you now, aren’t I?"

"That you are" I kissed his chest, then layabout not getting any sleep, because within seconds, he was sound asleep I stayed awake longer than hi to come up with a solution

I pro with Peter reat a temptation for erous If Jack thought it was best to leave, it ht actually be And even if it wasn’t, it hat he wanted, and after everything I’ve put hih, didn’t I owe him that ot up Unlike reeted Jack with a shocking amount of indifference, and that’s the saize, and he all but pushed her back Her face cruive her He had to do it in his own ti, but nobody really knehere I suspected that he had known Jack was around and disappeared before things got ugly

Jack took Ezra back to the den so they could "discuss" things in a very mysterious fashion It was probably business talk and aboutout, but apparently, Jack didn’t want everybody else to know of his intentions yet

Mae got over being snubbed by Jack because she had Jane to distract her In the dining rooiant towel on the floor and set up an impromptu hair salon Mae always cut everyone’s hair

Jane sat in a chair with foil and dye in her hair, and she languidly flipped through an issue of Cos for Jane’s hair to set, Mae cut Milo’s hair For the first tihten up A discussion about lip-gloss had done what the rest of us couldn’t

"Would you like a haircut too, love?" Mae smiled up at me over the top of Milo’s head Her own hair was clean and pulled back neatly Jane hed, her eyes sparkling "What do you say, Alice?"

"Uood," I said

"Girls’ shoes are so much better than boys’ shoes," Milo laazine, but Mae gently pushed his head back down so she could trim his hair

"At least you don’t have to wear heals," Jane said "I mean, they may look fantastic, but they kill to walk in They’re like little feet torture chaain, the second ti in the scene in front ofMae had a daughter, and a granddaughter, and a sick great-granddaughter, but all she ever took care of were boys Peter and Ezra needed nothing from her at all

When I caht she’d finally have a girl to pal around with, but I spentaround in jeans Jack was back, so I tried to look extra pretty today, and I had still gone for jeans with a fancy green top

Maybe that hy Mae had bonded so much more with Milo than she did with me He was probably h he was also farBarbie doll All clothes, boys, fashion, and a constant need for attention, the exact thing Mae needed I’m not sure if this solved Mae’s crisis over what to do about her terhter, but it lifted her spirits for a while