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He dried his hands and approached s "Yeah Go out Like to bars and clubs and parties What do you like to do for fun?"

I opened my mouth to answer, but my mind was pretty blank Fun? What did I do for fun? I kept busy, that was for sure, but was any of it strictly for fun?

"I sith the boys a lot And I walk the dogs"

He blinked at me, and I wanted to smack my own forehead I sounded like a weirdo, even to s? When was the last time you went out?"

Ito the conclusion that I would not adone out’

I was saved fros that invaded the kitchen They had all followed Bev into her roo their hellos

Dot rowl, and taking his place to guardto his hips as he took the to introduce me?" he asked

I couldn’t help it, my lip curled at his?"

He shrugged, that easy smile of his in place "If you don’t o She’ll slobber on you, and get on top of you when you’re sleeping, but she’s the sweetest dog in the world"

He nodded,She was putty in his hands

I pointed to the next dog, a little, black and white lhasa-apso "That little one is Pupcake She’s the easy-going one, and the boys’ favorite" He had her rolling onto her back in seconds

I pointed to the spotted brown coon hound "That one is Coffeecup He’s the youngest, and he and I are working through so the dog Coffeecup licked his face, and he didn’t bat an eye Son of a bitch "Dare I ask about the issues, or is it a touchy subject?"

"It’s touchy," I told hi me up the wall bonkers lately, and I didn’t want to explain all of the reasons why

I pointed at Dot, as nuzzling intoof the bunch"

Tristan nodded, bending down to pet the dog, his hand not an inch away fro, no snarl in sight, close proximity to me and all What the fuck?

"How did you do that? Dot never takes to strangers"

He wiggled his fingers at ic hands"

I rolleda pack of cards out of his pocket I couldn’t believe I hadn’t noticed the how he fit into his jeans rather intently…

He shuffled the cards I could tell by the way he handled the, which ers

He fanned the cards out, s at me "Pick a card, any card"

I arched a brow at hi this? Card tricks?"

He nodded, his s "See, skeptics are my favorite So much more room to blow your mind"

I rolledit turned away froain when I saw that it was the Queen of Hearts

"I want a new card," I told hi his head "Justsure he couldn’t see it

He started shuffling the cards again, not even glancing down

"I’ve seen this trick before," I told hi fro everywhere "Hm You have?" he asked

I nodded, uncertain if throwing the cards everywhere had been part of the trick

He whistled loudly "Mango, bring her the card"

I glanced down at the dogs, totally lost "What the…?"

Mango had a card in hera hand out

"Don’t eat cards, silly That’s even worse than a stick of butter…" I trailed off as I pulled the Queen of Hearts out of her htened, thrown for a loop I raisedones "How on earth did you do that?"

He wiggled his fingers at ic hands

"Jazz hands are hardly an answer," I told hi, and h

"Seriously, how did you do that? How in the world did you have Mango in on the trick?"