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Josh nodded toward the ether the two of us headed up to the third floor A littledown the hallway and we stood at a door I took the chance to look around and take in the sight of the absolutely cavernous interior of the house

“This place is insane And it’s only your dad here now?”

“Well, it’s no one here, really Dad lives in the city like Sam and I We really only coet away from New York”

“A spareI’m used to”

He smiled as he opened the door to his bedroo space and, like everything about the house, huge You could’ve fitwith Katie’s, and hell, probably our living roo with it

I stepped in and took a look around There were posters of fighter planes and video gae boy Trophies for various sports lined the shelves, along with some books that appeared to be military thrillers

“Take it these aren’t recent decorations,” I said with a smile

“Oh yeah, put thee appropriate”

He sat down on the edge of the bed, patting the space next to hily soft—likely a nicer ot co how irls he’d likely snuck up here over the years It hts out of my head as quickly as I could

“This work fine? There are soive you the full Josh experience”

“Is the full Josh experience what I want?”

He laughed “Well, according to this plan of ours, you fell hard for it Couldn’t resist, in fact”

“I’ll take that into account in ”

He glanced over my shoulder toward the door, as if he half-expected soht to keep even joking around about what’s going on down to a minimum Never knoho’s around And you’d be surprised how voices carry in this place”

“Good call”

He regarded h? Last night was pretty intense Wanted to check in and make sure you weren’t—”

“Having second thoughts? Wanting to back out? Trust ine how ”