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Friday thinks about it a !" Pete cries "Give the girl a cookie!" He scrubs the top of her head as he walks by her

"That must be why Emilio just called"

I sit up "What did Eht" She says it casually, but I can see her watching me out of the corner of her eye

"What did you say?" Please say yes Please say yes

"I told him ould all be there"

The clamp around my heart eases a little "You did?"

She nods Then she holds out her hand so I can give her five "You’re welcome," she says

I grin "Thank you"

My brothers go to the back of the shop to get their supplies together I can’t do tats because I just took a pain pill, and that wouldn’t be fair to the custoet to o find a bed to crawl into," I say

"Hopefully, it’ll be your own," Paul says, glaring at irl who doesn’t want et her off ot an apartment near his and Friday’s They had plenty of room for me in my old room at their place, but I’m too old to live with rats cli the walls twenty-four/seven You can’t even take a nap at their place It’s wonderful when it’s wonderful, but it’s exhausting when it’s exhausting

I grew up in a big family, so I’m used to the noise But sometimes I just want to kick back inonshows And I want toto make a hundred of them at a time I want my own oven and my own bed

I kiss Friday on the forehead and tell everyone goodbye

"Why don’t you lethis keys from his pocket

"No," I say, and I hobble toward the door "You have kids to get horin at him over my shoulder

He smiles at her "I sure hope so," he says Then he smacks her on the ass

When the camera crew is here, they eat that shit up It makes me want to throw up in my mouth a little

But it makes me envious, too I want that

I stick ht," she says

I nod