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Eddie heads to the bar, looking excited He keeps jabbering on about how it’s his first tier He insists that we sit close to the stage and pays for a lap dance froine ainst hty side to her that I can bring out If she was here now, doing the things these girls are doing, I don’t think I’d be able to control ht now

“Earth to Flynn!”

I open my eyes Eddie stares at me as he tucks a bunch of bills in the stripper’s panties and she walks away Eddie forces a smile

“You okay, et a dance?”

I shake uess I’ht But it’s okay There’s no reason why you can’t enjoy yourself”

Eddie’s eyes light up as one of the prettiest strippers waves to him saucily frolint in his eye He sighs, hanging his head and staring into the bottolass

“Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea What would Lexi think if she saw me here…she’d be so ashamed”

I really don’t want the conversation to turn to Lexi It’s hard enough keeping her out ofabout her with her father is the last thing I want to do I h my mind

“Forget about Lexi for tonight…you should be focussing on feeling better,” I tell him “If this is how you want to do it, then she doesn’t have to know You don’t need to tell each other everything”

“But we’ve always been so close…even before all of this I like to think that she tellsthat’s on her mind,” Eddie saysshe hasn’t said anything about the day we shared together From the incident at the market to our drive hoone further tonight if I’d been able to stay hoht come clean to her father about the connection we’ve shared?

I put a hand on Eddie’s arrown up andto be things she doesn’t tell you And I’m sure you’ve held back a lot of details about the divorce, right? To save her feelings? You just need to get used to that”

Eddie’s sht to her privacy and I have et a round of tequilas And I’ll take another lap dance…you sure you can’t be tempted?”

“Not tonight,” I tell him quietly Eddie heads back to the bar to order our drinks and I slu I was elsewhere I don’t knohere to look without looking like I’ I want is attention from a stripper It’s not that I don’t respect what they do…I just want to save myself for my woman

And yet, I still h the crowd She’s got long legs, especially since she’s wearing heels She’s sporting a tight corset thatI know if Lexi earing soht be inclined to take an interest, but this whole place exudes fake lust to me As she saunters in my direction I pray she’ll passto show off her assets to me

“Hey, there,” she whispers “You look kind of lonely over here”

“I’etting

To my surprise, however, she doesn’t push further Instead, she removes a business card with her name and number on it from her corset She tucks it in my shirt pocket with a wink

“You know…I only do this part tiht now,” she tells o to dinner with you and figure out what your story is”

I nod politely as she walks away, but inside, I’ that I ht not be interested in her Lexi would never act that way I can just tell