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My parents would never find out about it

More to the point, my macho-man boyfriend, Gary, would never find out We’d only been dating two months, so it wasn’t like he had a say anyway Gary, however, was funny, hot, and the first guy who had succeeded insex I was pretty excited about that, so I didn’t want to mess that up

Nope No one would find out about this little stint as an exhibitionist in an exhibition

See what I did there?

Trying not to sht pain in my lower back and tried not to move too much When I took the job, I didn’t realize how difficult it would be to stand for so long I was not a person who stood in one place Gary said he’d never , ink, nudge nudge

I let e This semester I’d taken a metalsmith class, and I was in love Like, seriously, seriously in love I think I’d foundjewelry that iven a necklace I’d made to my mom for her birthday and even she, Sorcha “I can’t believe a kid of ht it was beautiful She ruined it by askingBut whatever

I was Dahlia McGuire, soon-to-be silversmith How cool was that? As my brother Dermot would say, “Fuckin’ A, Dahlia, fuckin’ A!”

Mysensation crept over ly feeling that prickles your body when it feels like so I was al me

I let my eyes move around the room and …

There!

Leaning against the wall, next to one of the paintings was the reason for that hot, tingly feeling

He grinned when our eyes s