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And soed him The two of them, when they took Sierra for the first tied to the one and only woh he had just betrayed Cole Hell, he had betrayed Cole

Even with all of that, Luke still wanted the ether, just the two of theas That was the closest the two of theive hiive back

Andwith Lucie He said they were just friends, and he had no reason to believe otherwise Was it his way of pushing Cole away? Still?

Pushing to his feet, Luke looked around Sierra was still in the shower Knowing he couldn’t leave, nor did he want to, Luke resigned hi out the next step It was time the three of them hashed this out Cole would probably be pissed, but that couldn’t be helped Co to ht

Twenty h the front door, Luke was sitting on the couch, and Sierra was in the kitchen Making tea

Seriously Tea

Luke had turned down her offer He’d prefer a shot of whiskey, but since she didn’t have it, he opted for nothing

Keeping his eyes on Cole as he shut the door behind hiht He’d told himself they wouldn’t do this They could talk this out like rational adults and figure out what they were going to do next Sierra didn’t think it would be that simple Or so she said while they waited for Cole to show up

Luke had been surprised when she didn’t take the ring off of her finger That little gesture lifted four tons of bricks fro to hide it That said h they both knew it could very well be the final shove in pushing Cole away At theabout where the man had just co

“Where have you been?” Sierra asked when she walked in the roolanced at Luke, then back to Sierra “I had to go talk to a friend Sorry Iok?”

“No” She said honestly

“What’s theback and forth between the two of the He didn’t knohat to say

“I had a run in with Susan Toulmin – sorry, you know her as Susie Mackendrick The woman had the audacity to black to sue me foris, she wasn’t worried about my professional abilities She was pissed off that I’ on the table before sitting in the chair opposite of Luke He wanted her to come over beside hi for Cole to elaborate on just what the hell he had been doing at Lucie’s

“Is your friend alright?” Sierra asked