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I snarled at her, and she threw her head back in delighted laughter

“What’s the plan?” Jess continued “Do you need us to help keep you two apart?”

“No, I’uys into it I’ll just avoid him”

“Well, how are we supposed to act around him?” Emery asked “Do we like Michael or do we not like Michael?”

I suy You act any way you want around him”

“So, blushing and stuttering, then?”

We chuckled at her self-deprecation

“That reminds me about those man lessons” Bailey’s eyes filled with excitement “We need to start those”

Last year Bailey announced she intended to give Emery lessons in how to talk with men more easily Both Jess and I could see the idea e in her head, she was hard to dissuade Seeing E to plan You have no time for man lessons”

The light dia descendant of the founding fa your wedding”

“My point exactly Weddings are stressful in norest event to hit Hartwell in years, so you have no time for extra stuff”

My friend nodded her head in reluctant agreerateful smile

Jess began telling us a funny story about her and Cooper’s dog, Louis, who, despite being alured out a way to open drawers and was currently fascinated with Cooper’s underwear

As ere chatting, we heard the tinkle of the bell above the door, but before Eet up to check who had coht footsteps hurtling up the stairs to where ere sitting

It was Kell Surinned when he saw us “I heard you ladies had congregated in here Where was ossip”