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I wonder, too I really know nothing about her And right now, I could use the distraction of Ivy’s entire life story, froround anyway, Ivy? You said you were born in Spain?"
She nods through a mouthful "Moeneration Ahai They moved to California before he was born Ian’s mom and my dad are brother and sister"
"That’s where you h,the reh the channels so fast that I don’t kno her brain processes what’s playing "But et away"
"Why?"
She shrugs
I have a feeling she could say more, but I don’t push it becausemy attention
Amber Please answer me I’m worried
I can practically hear his deep accented voice coe ? It has to be I know River No, you don’t, stupid Amber Just because you’ve slept with hinore hier, or not
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I power my phone off and toss it aside so I don’t have to read his response
Ivy’s gaze bores into the side of my head "This is the first time you’ve ever been stood up, isn’t it?"
I showed up at The Fine Needle just after six Ivy, just about to take a girl of maybe twenty back for her tattoo, said I stor after h when she toldout and she sied She never pushedout, why I would want to hang out in a dungeon instead
Unlike Bonnie or Tory, ould have drilledup She hasn’t even mentioned River once And I’ve appreciated it It allowed me the chance to wrap my mind around what Duffy told s just can’t possibly align
But I guess all things ht’s the first tion that I’ve wanted to clio home The sooner Sunday comes, the better
"I wasn’t stood up," I deny quietly
By the flat gaze in her eyes, I don’t think she believes lib joke about the Sheriff’s Daughter or the Rodeo Queen or Miss Perfect not getting what she wants
"I reot stood up" She sucks her Coke up through her straw "Iespecially bad I enty-one and working at a shop in Portland I had this super-hot custo on his arm for two months I was crazy about hi to Portland and he had these special connections to get backstage He knew they were my all-time favorite band See?" She points to her shoulder, where a small "NIN" symbol fills one petal of a black iris I can’t stand the country and pop any day, but I keep my mouth shut and simply nod
"So he invited me and of course I said yeah We were supposed to ates at seven I was there, in the cold rain I stood there waiting for hi from inside the stadiu hiot a one-line text from him that said, ‘Sorry, I fell asleep Next time’ "