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Blood Rites Quinn Loftis 21970K 2023-09-02

Sally’s jaw dropped "You’re a WHAT?" Sally’s words came out just as Decebel walked up

"Yes, Jen, you’re a what, exactly?" He asked her, voice serious as ever, eyebrow raised

Jen glared at Sally "One word, Sally,"

Sally held her hands up in surrender "Oh, believe otten what you will do if I say a hen I’otten rid of those da innocently and acting as if she had just noticed his appearance

Decebel narrowed his eyes at her, then his face wiped clean like a cloth running across a dry erase board "Vasile and Alina wanted me to invite you both to come eat with everyone in the hospital cafeteria"

Jen tossed down her cards "I could eat What about you, Sally?"

Sally was still staring at Jen with shock-filled eyes "You, you, Yoooouuu," Sally kept saying to Jen, with different inflections in her voice

"Sally, let’s s, okay?" Jen took her IV pole in one hand and Sally by the other hand and began pulling a reluctant Sally aith Decebel to follow

"What could be more important than the fact that you’re a mmrrm" Jen had slapped her hand across Sally’sher balance and knocking her IV over and she looked back at Decebel, atching in curiosity

"You will have to excuse us for a sec, Dec, she sed her tongue I’h it up We can meet you down there," Jen said sweetly while she continued to keep Sally’s mouth covered

"Okay then" Decebel sounded unsure as he walked past the two girls He looked back at the in Ro with you?" Sally sputtered when Jen finally uncovered her mouth

"I have a reputation toat the lips that I’m as pure as you and Jacque," Jen said, hands on her hips, lips set in a tight line

"Oh, believe inity be damned," Sally shot back at her sarcastically "Out of curiosity, does Jacque know?"

"No and she doesn’t need to know What’s the big freaking deal, Sally? So I’m not as experienced as I let on What does it evenirritated at her friend’s curiosity in her sex life, or lack thereof

"It’s not really that it’s a big deal as ," Sally said, sounding deflated