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"I take it your landlord doesn’t accept pets"

"Right Big dogs don’t belong cooped up inside all day, anyway"

Jack patted her on the back "Give yourself a break You’ll get there"

Jessie forced a smile onto her face "I know Someday"

Danny ran from his classroom and up to theet to class," Monica announced "Thanks for showing me your classroom, buddy" She knelt down to talk to Danny "Watch your led

"Are you staying late?" Jessie asked her sister

"We have a huge test on Monday, so we’re going to have a long study session I’ll be ho Lynn over to study Saturday while you’re gone"

Just the hint of a h to have Jessie glancing over at Jack

"I thought you were off Saturday," Jack said

"Mom has a date," Danny spit out

The expression on Jack’s face froze "Is that so?" Slowly his gaze moved to Jessie

"You remember Brad frouilty, but the feeling rolled off her in painful waves

"Right" Jack drew out the word in a long sigh "The lawyer-looking guy"

"He is a lawyer, actually" She sounded defensive

"He’s not your type," Jack said with absolute certainty in his voice

She shifted from foot to foot "How do you knohat my type is?"

"You’ll be bored within thirty uy?"

Jack never stopped staring at Jessie The gaze et "I see his type all the time at the hotel Stuffy, not a lot of fun"

"Why do you want to date someone who isn’t fun, Mommy?"

Jessie pulled her eyes away from Jack’s and said to Danny, "Jack doesn’t know if Brad will be fun or not; he’s assu?"

"It’s when someone thinks someone is a certain hen they don’t really know if they are a certain way" Da a date to her son, or Jack, or Monica for that"We know he’s fun"

Three sets of eyes pinned her down "Jack and I are just friends, right, Jack?"