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"This is hbor, Tristan"

His stare met mine, and I watched his lips turn down for a split second, alh he was s Mama’s hand "Nice to meet you, Hannah I’ve heard a lot about you"

"That’s funny" Mama nodded "Because I haven’t heard a word about you"

Silence

Aard silence

"So, should I join you all in the aard silence, or should I wait by the car?" aup the steps of the porch with a suitcase of his own He wore glasses and a mustard button-down shirt tucked into dark jeans

Mama must’ve been on a nerdy boyfriend kick I wonder if he’s a wizard

Silence

Extremely aard silence

The man cleared his throat and held his hand out toward Tristan, probably because he noticed Tristan wasn’t giving him an intense look of confusion like I was "I’m Mike"

"Nice to meet you, Mike," Tristan replied

"What happened to Richard?" I whispered toward Ma

"So, Mike and I were hoping we could stay the night here I ht it would be nice for us all to have a dinner together and hang out"

"Ma over to Kathy and Lincoln’s place for the night" I frowned "You should’ve called"

"You wouldn’t answer" Her cheeks blushed over, and she fiddled with her fingers, almost as if she was embarrassed "You wouldn’t answer, Liz"

And just like that, I felt like the crappiest daughter ever "We can still do dinner, though…I can cook your favorite meal if you want And you can watch Emma I can call and cancel the plans with Kathy"

Her cheeks rose, and her smile stretched "That would be wonderful! Tick--er--Tristan, you should join us for dinner" Her eyes rolled over his body once with a look of disappointh maybe you should shower first"