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“And here we are tricking him”

I raised a finger “Hey, don’t forget it’s not only aboutthe co in ten years This thing with us randkids for him to play with by then”

“I get it Still, the sooner we can put this behind us, the better”

Her saying that eain once ere all done It kind of sucked Her reasoning ood teaood company

“Yeah, agreed” My heart wasn’t in the words, however

Didn’t , we arrived in front of the boutique Millie’s Stylings was one of the oldest shops in the city, dating back to Prohibition era My h for the best parties in town, and there I ith my woh

I held the door open and placedher into the place like a true gentleal behind the counter didn’t waste any ti us, and over the course of the next hour I had the exquisite pleasure of watching Cassidy try on dress after dress

She looked daeous OK, that’s putting it lightly She was fucking gorgeous, a da rooown thatout of a dream, I had to take a quick s for her that I wasn’t supposed to

“What do you think?” she asked, giving me a twirl

“I think we have a winner”

She bea onon with er too much on it—way more important shit to worry about We had the dress packed up and ready to wear that evening, and I made sure to pay for it As I did, Cassidy did her best i care of all the bills

We had a little rab a cup of coffee to kill soht e sat down, however, a pensive air settled over Cassidy She appeared uneasy

“What’s up? Still not cool with the ?”

“No Not that” Nothing else Whatever was on herto work for h

I watched as she sipped her coffee, both hands wrapped around her“Listen, I know it’s kind of a pain in the ass to have to keep checking in Neither of us are really the type to be s But we’re kind of a teae all the time”