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“Okay,” I said
“You asked me if you were my attempt at nor with you, the way I feel about you, it does groundIt s better Makes me want to be better I can’t hide from shit or make excuses when it comes to you because that won’t work Neither of us is happy when things are that way and I want you to be happy …” His forehead furrowed and his dark brows drew tight “Do you understand?”
“I think so,” I whispered, feeling so ht then I didn’t knohich as up
He yawned again, his jaw cracking “Sorry Fuck, I’m beat You mind if I close my eyes for five ?”
“On it”
I played hi song I could find I’d guess he fell asleep about halfway through His features relaxed and his breathing deepened Carefully, I pulled out the earbuds and put the cell away I switched on the bedside lamp and turned off the main one, shut the door so Lauren and Nate’s eventual return didn’t wake him Then I lay back down and just stared at hi The coers itch, but I didn’t want to wake him He obviously needed the sleep
When I woke up in the one Disappointht’s sleep I’d had in weeks, devoid of the usual tense and angsty dreams I seemed to specialize in of late When had he left? I rolled ontoloudly With a hand, I fished out a piece of paper It had obviously been torn froe was brief but beautiful
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CHAPTER TWENTY
I think I’d have preferred to find Genghis Khan staring back at me frool horde versus Martha, tough call Both were horrible in their own unique ways
The lunchti in for the afternoon with their lattes and friands It had been a busy day and Ruby had been distracted,up orders Not like her usual self at all I’d sat her at a corner table with a pot of tea for a while Then we’d gotten busy again When I’d asked rong she’d just waved me away Eventually, I’d corner her
And now here was Martha
“We need to talk,” she said Her dark hair was tied back and her make-up minimal There was none of the LA flashiness to her now If anything, she seemed somber, subdued Still just a touch smarmy, but hey, this was Martha after all And what the hell was she doing here?
“Ruby, is it okay if I takeshelves She’d just coiving Martha a covert evil eye No ood people She recognized asea monster when she saw one