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The guy did grabto flee, I ran into a faux–serial killer with a prop chainsaw and soed to slice my left shoulder open pretty bad SIX STITCHES Leslie did seecarried out on a stretcher

Funnily enough he stopped by my house a few days later, and we did actually make out

He was a terrible kisser

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My Uber drops iant s that insane note to Reid, I feel better Maybe the best strategy here is to scare him off Catherine with boatloads of honesty, and hope that Daisy is a dudoh, and also figure out my own shit

Like, what does my jealousy mean, and are these spasms in my stomach what most normal people describe as love? Or is it the Indian food I had for lunch staging a astrointestinal coup?

“Your s”

“Trying not to”

He rolls with this easily I love Ed “Do you want to sit inside or outside?” He points to my stomach “Maybe outside, better air circulation?”

Don Santa Barbara is lively this tiht, with bars and restaurants that line the sidewalks, and brightly lit patios with seating that spills out toward the street

Although the inside looks war, with pin-tucked leather stools and a wide-open bar, it’s quieter on the patio Plus, he’s not wrong about the ventilation I’ in my belly

“Three for outside,” Ed tells the hostess It takes my brain a moment to catch what he’s said

“Wait Three?”

Like a hot Latin Dementor, Alex ht Alex? I told you I needed to talk”

Alex snags a chip off the tray of a passing waiter and pops it into hisaround it “Why would you need to talk to Ed?”

I frown at Ed “Never ives hiet his attention “Because she’s Catherine,” he whispers, and then leans in, adding, “Oh, and she and Reid are sleeping together”

Thunder booms inside my skull “Oh my God! Ed!”

“What? You said I couldn’t tell Reid,” he says “You can’t expectlike that to o wide “I’m sorry, what the fuck did you just say?”

I’ to respond when a pretty waitress appears to lead us to the patio Because both Alex and I are locked in place, Ed gives us each a shove and we reluctantly follow

She takes us to a round table with a low, flickering fire in the center, and hands us ourAn aard silence settles between us as Alex is probably atte to wrap his head around what he’s just heard, and I file through e to narro to ood choice

“So” Ed says, casually perusing his menu “How is everyone?”