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"Not far, just over in City Park"

"So have you lived here in Denver your whole life?"

"Yeah, Five Points, born and bred" He shrugs, like he’s apologizing

"Is that a good thing? Or not? You see unsaid"

"It’s not Park Hill, let’s just leave it at that Elise and I grew up in a house just down the street fro It was a total shit hole"

"Oh Does it bother you to be in the sahborhood?"

"No I can’t explain it, but even though there’s a lot of nasty shit that happens on our side of town, it’s hos areover to Cherry Creek or Park Hill or Highland’s Ranch, but I’m not ashamed of where I started You can’t choose your parents" He shrugs

I internalize this for a fewabout me"

His eyes co "I wasn’t though I have no idea how you grew up"

I sn the bad memories "Prettyarot one of those"

"Vous avez tort, mon amour Je suis juste ici"

"What’s that mean?"

He leans in and nuzzles ood is just about to start" My whole body flushes and he laughs in my neck as the car stops "We’re here When’s the last time you were at a zoo?"

"Never," I adets out to open our door "That’s crio to the zoo?"