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I gaped, watched hi seconds in which tied his jacket to me He probably wanted it back I wondered how odd it would look if I fought him for it I wasn’t afraid to pull hair

"Reyes," Dixie said with a little too irls, and everyone is so excited"

"Wait," I said,"He’s the cook?"

Dixie nodded as Reyes strolled ever closer, his gaze locked on to uided missile

I noticed Cookie out of the corner of my eye But it wasn’t her behavior that captured my attention It was her absolute lack of surprise She knew!

I wanted to gape at her as well but decided not to takefar too close for my peace of mind

"I’m not sure if you know everyone," Dixie continued "This is Cookie and Janey And in the kitchen we have Sumi and Kevin, our first-shift busboy" She elbowed me "Reyes is an excellent cook I think you’ll be ihties hair fell over the place, I realized Dixie aiting for a response

I stammered and said, "I’ his way back to the kitchen

"Can you believe it?" Dixie asked

"Nope"

"Half the town is in love with hih the pass-outSuh-as-nails chef who could kill me with a toothpick, was just as smitten with Reyes as the rest of us What the hell?

I looked at Dixie "Are you sure about this?"

She graced rin "Most definitely" Then she winked and leaned in "Dude can cook"

"This just see," I said to Cookie when Dixie left "On all kinds of levels I mean, what do we really know about hi dealer or a --"

"Supermodel?" Cookie asked

She had a point

"But," I said, lowering a brow on her, "is there anything you want to tell aze darted to the left as though she were trying to co "I don’t think so"

"You knew about this," I accused,her jaw When I pursed my lips like the Church Lady, she caved The Church Lady had that effect on people

"All right, I did" She wilted under etic It didn’t work

I was flabbergasted "How? When? How?"