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I’ the life now that I will be in thirty years, hteen- for an Irish-born man There are plenty of Nualas out there ouldn’t care The thing is, I don’t want another Nuala

I want a girl like A on Sunday and, unless I juo with her, that’ll probably be the last tiht did crossdinner, when she eta passport I never bothered applying for one before, figuring there was no reason to put h the hassle I know I’ll never set foot on American or Canadian soil, but I’ve heard that it’s pretty easy to travel through the European Union without issue Unless they’ve putto tell uess there’s only one way to find out: try to get on a plane Of course, I wouldn’t be trying that with A to call the cops on you"

I turn to find Ivy standing behind me She would have seen the stitch work on my back

"Like you said, you’ve been friends with her for three days How do you know?"

"Because, if she were going to, she would have done it right away And she definitely wouldn’t have let you into this house"

I nod quietly, her words cal inside me

"Can we finish that now, before your idiot brother drinks too lance over her head to see Rowen downing another shot

The staircase creaks just as Ivy shuts off the tattoo gun, finished

"See?" She whips out a mirror from her tool kit and holds it up to shownow prominently sketched on my body It holds ht, her freehand is better than the original sketch I had--beforelike she just saw a ghost

I’reen eyes, full of disbelief, dart from me to htest head shake "Nothing I just" Her words trail as she staggers into the kitchen, Ivy watching as closely as I am

Ivy pokes me, then nods toward her "OkayNext up" She rolls her eyes at Roho’s already got his shirt off, revealing his bare canvas "That’s right You’re a virgin" She begins dise out the needle and clean up "I haven’t had one of you in a while"

"Then you’re in luck tonight"

I leave them to their banter and head over to the darkened kitchen, where Aokay?"

She sips fro the glass on the counter "It looks good" Her eyes are on the stag, veering to the phoenix for a short moment "Did it hurt?"

"Not at all" No man ever admits to the pain

She drifts back to the , but with a smirk now "Liar"

At least she can set one"

"Yeah? Where?"

I can’t helpa circle on the back of her shoulder, over that blue dress that’s been teasing ht here"

She shivers but doesn’t pull away "What would I get?"

"What do you want?"