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We’ll just see

Thirty-Six

"Gabe!" I call out cheerfully, waving e’ve gotten a dozen feet away He’s about to step onto an elevator, but he stops, turning toward the sound of my voice He smiles politely as the elevator closes and leaves without hi to place me because Sandra’s correct I’ve only seen him once

His eyes move from me to Chloe and Sandra, and as I’d planned, he does a double-take when he sees Sandra Tonight ht

Chloe pushes the elevator call button while Sandra covers the formal introductions If Gabe thinks it’s weird that I was calling his name across the lobby when I’ve not technically been introduced to him, he doesn’t show it, likely because he’s a little distracted with Sandra

"So you came alone?" I ask as the four of us step onto the next elevator Sandra and Chloe shoot ue frolances in my direction, then back at Sandra "I did"

I nod to Chloe with a discreet tilt of ht Chloe tilts her head back and shrugs She knows I’ht, but it’ll kill her to ad so I can bring Chloe as my plus one

"See you later!" I call out as we all step off the elevator on the second floor, grabbing Chloe’s ar to find Sawyer so I can introduce hiine it’s much the saarten for the first ti place so I can peek back and make sure Sandra’s stayed put where I left her, with Gabe

"He’s totally into her You see it, right?"

"Yeah, fine He’s into her," Chloe ad to need a couple nickname Sabra! Sabra’s perfect Coined it!" I do a little raise-the-roof motion with my hands to celebrate my brilliance

"Sabra is a brand of hummus"

Oh Maybe not so brilliant then I drop e point "The nerd glasses really work on hiht The last time I saw him he was in jeans with his shirt sleeves rolled up "He’s wearing the hell outta that suit"

"I can’t argue with that," Chloe agrees, peering around the corner withskills are atrocious"

"What did you expect her to do? Drag him into the coat closet?"

"I would love it if she did, but right now I’ll settle forinto her drink"

"Yeah, she is Oh, no, inco"

We watch as a tall blonde joins Gabe and Sandra, and we both groan when the intruder puts a hand on Gabe’s arm and Sandra takes a visible half step back

"You stupid bitch, take your hands off Sandra’sattention to me

"He’s not interested in the new blonde, look at hionna bolt in less than a minute Just watch"

A throat clears behind us and we both straighten and turn, finding Sawyer directly behind us He looks pretty couessing he’s been here a aze to Chloe