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“You’re looking at her” I jab roceries and whatever else that needs to be paid for?”
“That would be aze clear “Why are you so fking ahwhat I need to do Don’t e would bail Seriously”
“I don’t think so,” I start but he cuts me off
“I do You’re only twenty, Fable And you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders You take care of your brother and you pay all the bills You’re alorking and trying your best to keep your head above water” He shakes his head slowly “I ad, no matter what life throws at you”
“I don’t have a choice,” I say with a shrug “I do what I have to do to get by”
“I could take lessons from you, you know that?” He leans over the center console and cupskiss “We always have a choice And you choose to stay Don’t ever downplay that Most people would run like hell froaze into his eyes, see all the ad else in their beautiful blue depths “You underestimate yourself, Drew As usual”
“Fine I’ve always run away in the past But you, Fable You make me want to stay”
Drew
The minute she walks into my apartment, Fable unzips the puffy coat she hates and tosses it on the chair that sits closest to the door Revealing a short black dress that fits her so tight, I swear I alue when I first see her in it Her body is ah she’s short, look endless and I’m tempted to slowly peel the dress off her body and do every wicked thing I’ve i to her since I left her with her brother this s she prefers on her pizza and call in the order
After I hang up, she tellsmore comfortable so I offer up a T-shirt of mine She followsether When I pull the shirt off the hanger, I watch in disbelief as she casually yanks the dress off over her head, letting it fall to the floor
Standing in front of me in only a black lace bra and black panties that look more like shorts but are still soles her fingers atshe wants the shirt I hand it over, s the T-shirt over her head It’s old, a pale blue with a Hawaiian design on the front I picked it up when I went on one of those shitty fa island and I rarely wear it since it reet
But I love seeing the shirt on Fable How it ss her up, the heoing on under that too-big T-shirt, which makes it even sexier She’s da my best to be patient We need to talk like two responsible adults about to embark on a serious relationship And we need to eat, because I’ like a motherfucker since I’ve barely eaten all day
The pizza arrives less than thirty ed on the floor in front ofas atch a dumb comedy movie on TV It’s a distraction we both need after the serious conversation we had in my truck I hadn’t meant to take it there, it just sort of happened, not that I regret it