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"He’s going to be okay," he assured her

She hugged herself "Thanks, but I ht have that irl pri pizza? I always eat pizza when I’ood," he said "Worth risking ood looking for the single feh, not anyht be a bit When I start with the clotheswell, you know"

"Yes," he said "I have two sisters I know"

Julie kept her pace slow as she made her way to the door, but the instant she was in the hallway she took off running for Lauren’s door She was in a flash and rushing for the bedroorabbed the hot pink dress she’d tried on earlier in the day As much as black tempted her, she was supposed to be Luke’s ‘playmate’ and that meant ar a dress that fit was a struggle She slid the silk over her hps and grie, she refused to think about The idea of beco she could consider This was about Luke, and innocent kids, and itthis because it was the right thing to do

She shoved on her black heels she’d worn earlier for work, grabbed her purse she’d left here, and made tracks to the door Her coat was next door and Lauren’s were too s, she inhaled and willed her nerves to cal She had to be quiet She had toout the truck key she’d swiped fro a cab, to avoid his truck being tampered hen he was on the island

She kicked off her heels and picked them up and cautiously, silently, opened the door And then she took off running, heading down the hall and then the stairs She exited the garage door and shoved her feet in her shoes, and ran for Luke’s truck She could barely breathe, and her hand was shaking as she unlocked the doors and inserted the key She backed up and drove for the exit, using the reit code she’d seen hiht traffic At the first stoplight, she grabbed her cell phone and punched the auto-dial for Jesse Luke had put it in her phone, along with Blake’s and Kyle’s

He answered on the first ring "Anything wrong?"

She sighed "No I just didn’t want you to worry I decided to take a hot bath and it’s a little piece of heaven Will you starve to death if I linger a bit?"

"No," he said "I’ll just raid Luke’s kitchen You do whatever you have to do to be okay tonight"

"Thank you, Jesse I’irlfriend duty"

"Hey," he said "I have SportsCenter and a pizza in ood"