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Way too loud with that train shit, preggo

Oh please, like this isn’t obvious

Less obvious than you yelling about hie train I was just pointing out the obvious fact that youryou his missus DUH

Yes, we talked about it In a ht was the first tih it

That’s so exciting!

Yes, it is But no one has a ring yet, so settle the fuck down

Oh don’tto ask you He loves you

I love hi trite

Totally We should probably start talking again; they’re going to wonder e’re up to back here

Are you kidding? Listen to the They love this ’80s rocker bullshit They’re happy as claain

What should we talk about?

Doesn’trando the Vera Wang boutique on Geary?"

I hate you

Chapter three

Mondayflowers in ed peach and raspberry Gathered in a spiral in a clear glass vase, surrounded by hydrangea leaves for the green around the stems Set on the far left of my ebony desk, covered with neat stacks of color-coded manila folders Each folder represented a different private home, office, or public space, and held cost estis, and sa breathed into a space, either existing or brand new And today was the day that I’d debrief Jillian, just back fro business in A on a project here and there for new friends in her and Benja well to a multinational life