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"Always been a bettin’ ood race in you still"

"Thanks" I headed back to the front door and stopped to pet the dog He barely "

"Bah He’s never been a guard dog Too fat like his owner" Roger opened his robe and showed uard dog"

"That’s a lot of gun, old man"

"Get outta here before I decide to shohat I can do with it"

"Be safe"

"Be ser sla

I slid the rucksack over h food, I headed back to the hotel I’d been gone for two hours already and would bet Ava was getting fidgety

I took the stairs two at a tiiven me

"It’s me" I opened the door slowly, but didn’t see her at first She was on the other side of the rooood spot to take out so in the rooun as I walked in and closed the door "You’ve been gone for hours"

"I had to see a friend" I held up the Chinese take-away "I brought food"

"If you didn’t get chicken loto shoot you in the foot" She narrowed her eyes and I frowned

"I got lo un and walked over tothe contents on the little table "I used some of the soap from the bathroom to clean the table off, so I don’t think we’ll die from Staph or Sals down on the bed It was odd co back to soone; to have souess at your size"