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I lowerherefor spending time with Olivia" With me

"Does this mean we’re friends?" she asks

I chuckle and at the sales "How about it ht I can live with that"

Emily

I OPEN THE door to my room and pause when pipes squeal, then water hits the base of the shower I stepped out a few ets in aftera shower I was naked in there Now he’s naked in there Sweet baby Jesus, Oz naked

With a shake of my head, I follow the scent of freshly brewed coffee into the kitchen and twist my hair off the back of s away from my forehead I’of the cicadas drifts in Ugh Nine in thethat racket That

"There’s no reason you can’t get my coffee" Olivia enters with a home manicure set basket and is her usual ball-of-sunshine self

"Nor’ and follow up requests with strange words like ‘please’ and ‘thank you’" Mi out of the cupboard, pour Olivia some coffee and deposit it in front of her

She picks it up and blows over the top of the"Your father will be back tomorrow"

My head snaps in her direction and then I open the fridge She meant her son, notsoon"

I dip e If I tuckfor the day

"Electricity costs ured out what Honeysuckle Ridge is yet?"

I roll e juice and we fall into our nor and everyyet that pertains tothe subject, I sink into my chair three spots from hers "Why don’t you tell me what it is that you want me to know?"