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I shrug "I’m cool with it"

"Okay then Brace yourself She’s about to deafen us both with--"

A shriek of delight The loudest frickin’ shriek on the planet

Fortunately, her voice lowers to a eable decibel when she speaks "Sweetie! Yay! You answered!"

The video chat box fills the screen, revealing a very attractive blonde who see to be the mother of a nineteen-year-old Seriously, Grace’s mother looks like she’s thirty If that

"Hey, Mom," Grace says "Do I even want to knohy you’re awake at five-thirty in the ht devilish "Who says I even went to bed?"

Grace told me that her mother is bubbly and ier, and I can see now that she hadn’t exaggerated

My girlfriend groans "Please tell s"

"I take the Fifth"

"Mom"

"I’m forty-four years old, sweetie Do you expect me to live like a monk?"

Forty-four? Wow Totally doesn’t look it Also, I can’t stop the snicker that pops out at her breezy response, which causes her brown eyes to narrow

"Grace Elizabeth Ivers, is there aluasps "Identify yourself, sir"

Grinning, I scoot closer so the cauess"

"Mrs Ivers lives in Florida Call an"

Another gasp "The Logan?"

"Yes, Moh

Josie looks from me to Grace, then puts on a stern face "Sweetie, I’d like a "

My alar not to laugh "Hey, you said it was cool," she otta pee, anyway You two go nuts"