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"Thank you for your help, Daphne Rissa is really lucky to have a friend like you"

She turns and walks out to the parking lot I watch as she clireen hatchback and then pulls out of the parking lot with reckless speed and seeard for her personal safety

I turn back to the car At this point, I really should just give this up and go hoo on living her life with no interference froh with the plan I was so co her the way she was yesterday at the furniture store, her eyes bright with exciteht it all back in a way that was too real She can’t be that girl anyirl who used to make me so happy The only way I’ve been able to survive at all is believing that girl never existed

And seeing her show up yesterday had been too ue inEach day used to be so routine and s with the sa I wake knowing I’ll see Rissa again I haven’t taken any pain pills at all today The pain is still there, it’s just that I’ on There’s no way that I can give this up I’ way too much fun to leave her alone

I close the door and sit back Jonah turns around and looks at me expectantly "Where to, sir?"

"Mercers The department store"

CHAPTER SIX

RISSA

I roll et the kinks out The floor buffer I’ve been using for the past hour has made my arms feel alht Miss Blake!"

One of ea janitorial contract for a big local department store like Mercers was quite a feat for my little company and it meant that we’d been able to hire new people for the first tiest clients, Tara, Daphne and I were always present but we usually handpicked teaetic and easy to be around It had been an easy decision to bring her with eous baby"

At the hts up "Yes etting off a little early, it "

"Well, good Give him a kiss for me"