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Why are you surprised?

Needing to get out of her head, she cranked up her iPod and stormed outside

She’d rented this sreat backyard It wasn’t until she’d signed the lease that the landlord informed her she’d have to keep up with all the yard work It’d surprised her, howthe lawn, especially on days like today, when exercise was the secondary goal So about the mundane physical task alleviated frustration

Yard arden She watered the pots of flowers she’d planted and scattered about She swept the patio and scrubbed down the porch swing She eyed the scraggly lilac bushes Best not to trim them in her present mood—she’d likely hack the her date

Buta little pissy with Tell would force hi innocent he remembered

Tell wanted her He turned her inside out She’d about colued—hell, she’d just about coy’s parking lot Obviously the et her off with just his teeth on her skin

So as he so hesitant to take that next step with her?

A power thing?

A fear thing?

A little dick thing?

She’d find out tonight

Tell held a bouquet of flowers behind his back as he knocked on Georgia’s door He heard the locks disengage and the door swung open

“And of course you’re right on time,” she said

He couldn’tNot because of her clothes, although her hippie-type blouse, flouncy h heels s, but because a kind of ethereal glow emanated from her

You are a sucky poet, McKay Do not share that laaze met hers “Damn, woman, you look fantastic” He remembered the flowers and handed them over “For you”

“Thanks Come in while I put these in water” She started down a hallway and disappeared around the corner

Tell rested against the doorja rooined The space was bland: white walls, beige-colored furniture No pictures or books or personal items of any kind Her couch wasn’t overloaded with those annoying throw pillows azines or TV remote on the coffee table The space looked as if it’d never been used As if it was just for show

Weird True, she’d just o, but he didn’t see any boxes stacked around, waiting to be unpacked After he’d moved in to Brandt and Jessie’s old place, he’d ht away

His subconscious snickered Putting in a seventy-two-inch TV didn’t exactly ia sashayed toward hi on the wooden floor She set the flowers on the coffee table Then she grabbed her purse and s?”

“Up to you If you want steak, the Twin Pines is the best option If you want to get out of Sundance, there are a couple more casual places in Moorcroft”

“You choose Just not Dewey’s I had lunch there today”