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And then thekill

“Yo, VP, you won’t believe the shit I walked in on G, here had his lips on this Screw dude, and Jazzy was all happily sandwiched between therinned a soing on here, Guh for you anymore? Gotta add a little dick to the mix?”

Even from ten feet away, he felt Screw stiffen Jazz did the sa up next to Jester who still wore the shit-eating grin

“U between Gumby and Screw

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Guhed as he pulled his brother into a hug “Think you need glasses, oldyou need to invent exciting sexual scenarios?”

Christ, he’d taking the front page of Screw’s book, shitty jokes to avoid real issues And was anyone buying it? As the words tu a colossal asshole He didn’t need the stony ht to the floor to clue him in But he couldn’t stop it The instinct for self-preservation had been so deeply ingrained into him, so painfully beaten in, the denial came naturally

“But…” Jester glanced between the three of them, his brow furrowed

Jazz stood beside hi her hands, face devoid of color and lips pressed together

“Sorry, brother I thought…” Jester cleared his throat “My bad Maybe you’re right and these old peepers are going”

“That or yourand shit” God, why couldn’t he just shut up?

Striker stepped forward, clapping Jester on the back “Hey, brother, why don’t we give these three a second We can go out and let our ladies knoe arrived, huh?”

Hook had already slipped out the door

“Yeah, sure,” Jester said before casting an odd look Gu Striker out the door

Just before stepping outside, Striker paused with a hand on the door frame He peered over his shoulder at the three of the at each other “I can see we fucked up,” he said, regret in his voice “I’m sorry we just popped in unannounced We’ve just been worried about you, G” With that, he tapped his fist on the doorfra the door closed behind him