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That didn’t surprise her Heck, she’d seen plenty of thelanced at the clock on her wall “Hey, how long until your ets here to ht stands, right?”

Josh groaned “Trust oing to go”

“What, your ht the aftermath, thank God”

“So the pancakes aren’t typical”

“God, no Usually I just offer cereal only to tell them that I’m out of milk if they say yes”

“Are you actually out of milk?”

“Hardly ever”

Heather shook her head “Josh”

“What? It’s not like I promised them breakfast in bed when I invited them over They know the score”

Heather wondered if there was a hidden entle reminder that Heather too should know the score and not expect anythingherin both hands as she waited for him to meet her eyes

He did so, warily “You look like you’re about to give a speech”

“I am, so listen up and take notes if you need to Itoo much into what happened I didn’t wake up in the ht to watch you sleep I didn’t punch holes in all the condohed “Jesus, 4C”

She leveled hiry Yourpancakes, and I don’t want your stupid cereal”

“Pie?” he asked hopefully

“I was thinking o out to brunch The wedding business almost never provides a free weekend, and the Belles have an event-free day today before all post-holiday hell breaks loose to, and she felt a flicker of disappointment “It’s okay if you don’t want to,” she said quietly “I’ to brunch on,” he said, taking a sip of coffee “I know just the place The hash browns are straight from heaven, and the French toast is stuffed with ”