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"As he should"

"Come by later Gavin hasvaluable Not even a TV I’m not worried Someone should be there anyway"

Tina stood up "That’s very generous of you I’ll give it soht" She lifted the clipboard "So what do you think? Art therapy or no art therapy? We could heckle the other patients"

"Tina, you are so bad"

"Yeah I wouldn’t wager on er than teeks"

"Yes, put et loose of the bed today or tolanced at the end of the bed

"I’ve given up on being embarrassed about it"

"I’ll coo down and find your parents in the cafe?"

"No way Let hed "Will do"

I lowered the bed as soon as she left, feeling more exhausted than I cared to ad her around I needed allies Tina seeood one

21: Gavin

I stripped off the new mechanic’s shirt and pulledI absolutely did not want to walk down the street to Tony’s

Mario poked his head around the corner of the breakrooo"

Having Mario go along was a good call It would help me keep the eed to, I didn’t want to be manipulated I realized how little I knew Rosa

I stashed the shirt in my backpack "Not sure I’htrinned as he said it but forced a serious face when I glared at hiot to see the irony of this You stick with hookers for years to avoid entangleest sand trap of theh the bays and out into the weak afternoon sun Fall had come full force, and the wind on our faces was a cool relief to the inner turmoil

Mario’s relaxed stride slowed us dohich was fine with reet everyone who passed,home froers Corabelle had been all I’d known growing up, and after her, I sought out relationships I could control Or thought I could

"Let me start," Mario said as we arrived at the hole-in-the-wall pizza joint "You look like you’re going to jump solass door