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"Okay, okay, no h that I won’t be able to look him in the eye next tie the subject-- Who has news?"

The gossip section of breakfast had officially begun

"Okay, I’ll start I found out the Palace of Fine Arts is available; looks like that’s where

"Jillian asked n in Sausalito," I offered

"I’ve spent the last three weeks in a dark cloud, so I got nothing But did you know that h I can sit on it?" Sophia volunteered

We chewed

"I had a client askher pn collection," Miht have ordered a pn collection at three in the o," Sophia told the inside of her sweatshirt

"Siht and surprised me So I had some live-action porn"

"He came home early? Wow, that’s ithe cannonballs in alternating order Blueberry Raspberry

"Yeah, he has been busier than norraphy world" I grinned, flushing when I thought about how sexy he looked when he orking

"I don’t kno you guys do that, be apart so much I’d die if I didn’t see Ryan every day--I’d just die!" Mimi exclaimed Blueberry Raspberry "I don’t kno you don’t miss him like crazy!"

"Of course I miss him--some weeks it’s really hard But this is who he is, this is how he’s always been, and we reat: I have my time, he has his tier through a little bit of Sophia’s whipped crea the tines of her fork "Anyway, I like the idea that we’re not a couple who has to sleep together every night Ad the bed all to yourself?"

Mi her head, while Sophia just avoided eye contact

"Okay, change of subject again Let’s talk about the wedding The wedding of the century"--I started, then backpedaled as soon as I saw Mimi’s look--"at least until Mih, Jillian is going for it! And wait until you see Benjamin’s tux Good lord, the man can wear tails like nobody’s business"

At the ory of sexy older man had been created specifically with hiotta start thinking about dates for you, young lady Who are you thinking about taking?" I asked, looking at Sophia She turned white

"Ah shit, I didn’t even think about that! Neil’s going, isn’t he?" she asked, her expression panicked She looked down at herself, then back up at us "Ack, I can’t let hionna think I’m, like, on the floor in a puddle over him!"

Mimi started to interject, but I placed a hand on her ars so someone, isn’t he? Isn’t he? That’s it--that asshole; he thinks he can show et the better ofsportscaster motherfucker"

This entire conversation was had by Sophia alone as she grabbed her purse and headed back toward the bathroorabbed the rest of her waffles and divided them between my plate and Mimi’s We clinked forks and tucked in for a fewso Ryan about it, but he’s clai ridiculous like that"

"Same with Simon I wonder if they--" I stopped as Sophia exited the bathroom

The sweatshirt was now tied around her waist, the revealed tank top tight Her hair was braided, bangs swept back revealing a clean, shining face Lip gloss had been added; a little blush too The girl was stunning once more; you just can’t keep that kind of beauty buried for too long But what made every man and more than a feomen do a double take were her double D’s Accentuated iven her tank top, perfectly highlighting each D to its full potential

"Can you believe I was ever worried about gaining a little weight? Look how great my tits look!" she announced as she came back to the table "Let’s head over to the park and pick up hot boys Let’s see howa wad of cash fro it on the table

I couldn’t help but laugh as she dragged a protesting Mimi away from her food Sophia was back on the prowl, and she took out two busboys on her way out of the diner

• • •

I went to the park just long enough to see that Sophia was indeed back out of her coma I doubted she was actually over the situation with Neil, but so better to actually feel better It’s why neorkout clothesfor that one to turn out to be true

I begged off staying the whole afternoon on the grounds that I had a Wallbanger in my bed, which needed no further explanation As I turned the corner onto ht about what Mi to see Ryan every day They could easily do that: Both had jobs in the city and rarely traveled for work Mi families declutter and clean up, while Ryan headed up a nonprofit that helped put computers into schools in low-income areas