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With a sly saze over "

A warm body pushes up to my back and then her scent surrounds irl and, tonight, I hate the reminder

"It’s packed," she says into ain Aht brown hair away froht body in a pair of painted-on jeans and a red corset "Wasn’t sure I was going to find you"

Yet she did I like Auy’s attention, doesn’t act like a fool when she’s drunk A in business, and she loves to play at the clubhouse on the weekends as ato find the attraction I had for her, I scan her froone, and that causes irl for weeks Can’t bring esture fro bar to Amy He hands her the usual--Fireball She downs it, then takes a burning gasp "Thank you You’re a classy guy to buy a girl a shot"

I snort and peel the label off my beer Funny how I found plenty to say to Breanna, but I’ve got nothing for the girl I lost ht I patched in We did it twice and then I hooked up with a friend she brought along for the evening The friend was Aht she was brilliant

"Are we going to play tonight?" she asks We’ve played since I patched inret that part of the night In the ht, I felt like I had morphed into my dad

I kiss her cheek and walk away She follows, sto be in love, Razor, but whoever it is, she’s a lucky girl"

I snatch her wrist before she disappears into the crowd in her search for her rebound good tihs and it’s the type that hits her eyes in that sy you I’ve watched you text for the past half hour Me and you--we had fun together, but I never e of my lips "You should smile more often, but if whoever it is makes you sad, you knohere to find ht"

She waggles her eyebrows "Will do"

My back pocket vibrates and I leave the clubhouse, striding past the bonfire and groups of guys cutting up The night is dark, no moon, and it’s even darker when I enter the tree line and head for the towering oak Chevy, Oz, Violet and I used as ho, "Not it"

There’s a shadow of a forainst the tree and I’ to get her to agree to this, but I did grovel because this will be my first solid lead "You missed your dad’s meht during this clandestine reunion "It’s the club’s fault he died Why would I participate in souilt?"

I crosser, were you being blackainst her red hair I smacked the nail on the head

"How did you know?" she whispers