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“Don’t I know it This whole thing with you and I is because of all that Thought it was fun at the time, but little did I know it’d come back to bite me in the ass”

“Bite you in the ass by having to hang around with

“Well, that’s one of the few bright spots”

“Seriously, that’s a lot of women over the years Do you even kno many?”

“I tried to count once, but the nuot a little blurry once it was past fifty”

“Past fifty Can’t even iine”

“Nuher than that But it’s been a while since I’ve lived that kind of lifestyle But I’ve still got the reputation, of course”

“I know you talked about how you found soirls, but still A bunch of them had to feel like they’d been used”

“No doubt about it”

“And that doesn’t bother you?”

“Didn’t botherfun, enjoying each other’s company until it hit its expiration date”

“And I’uess you were the one who decided when that happened”

The traffic picked up as we drew closer to don, and I slowed the car towith it “I felt like I had a vibe for those sorts of things And what’s worse than dragging soht to be?”

“One s with heartfelt conversations over a cup of coffee”

“I tried Most of the tiirls But you kno it can go”

“I do Having your heart broken by Josh Taylor was so of a tradition around town”

I shrugged, knowing she had ured out “I was better after thesurrounded by sweaty dudes in the desert—well, I had my moments of relapse”

“I know—I saw the gossip sites”

I grinned “Never thought you’d be the type to read that stuff”