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"I would kill for a green chile cheeseburger and an iced tea"

"Green burger and tea it is With fries?"

"And extra ketchup"

"I’ll have the same but with chips," Garrett called out He probably didn’t wantbefore he did

The waitress looked over at hiry"

"I can’t take hi et our teas, I asked hiuy pulled a knife on ht "I’ you I can’t let you know I’m here If I had interfered, you would know"

The waitress paused atoward me with my tea "He has a point," I said to her She offered a hesitant smile, obviously unsure of what to think "Hey, can you er first?"

"Your voice carries really well," he said, his voice carrying really well

With narrowed eyes, I said, "Shush, you tailgater, you This is between--" I glanced at the server’s naed defensively "I would’ve come to your rescue eventually"

"Oh, yeah? When? After I’d been gutted and lay bleeding to death in a ditch so his hands behind his head "I mean, I wouldn’t ju, but, sure I’d call for help or so my best smile ever, I said, "You’re a real saint, Swopes"

"My "

The realization that Garrett actually had a mother kind of disturbed hts in er than twelve seconds Damn my ADD

We sat in silence awhile as I jotted down solanced up from underneath my lashes a few ti duties seriously, considering he had yet to take his eyes off rill had ers, I wasuncontrollably Either from the smell or the lack of sleep I couldn’t be sure which

"So, why are we here?" Garrett asked between bites The asshole slipped Peggy a five-spot to bring hier first Never trust aisn’t dead," I said, salting er before I’d even tried it

"Are you serious?"

That got Peggy’s attention, too She glanced over at et a coffee to go?" I asked her

"Sure can" She headed to the pot as I took a bite of one of the best burgers I’d ever had Or I was just really hungry It was hard to tell

"And you’re going to find hi mixture of humor and doubt in his voice