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“I would, but I’ht,” I said

“Oh, on call at the station?”

“No I et so, I ad my dad no Anytime he needed er if I was on call at the firehouse But tonight, I wasn’t going to lose any ti the doorbell, I answered She had on jeans and a cute top with lacy sleeves I waited until she was inside and the door was closed to hug her

“I parked two blocks over so no one will see my car and tell Ryan I was here”

“So you don’t think the people who could recognize your car couldn’t also recognize you while you walked the two blocks to my house?” I asked dubiously

“Fine I’hed “What’s for dinner? I brought wine”

I took the bottle frorin “So when you were in stealth ht, ‘hey I’ll just carry this brown paper bag of liquor over a few blocks to Luke’s house, no one will notice me?’”

“Hey, it was irl had a rough day at work, and she’s just looking for a place to sit down and crack open that bottle’”

“That is a sexy i to start mystery around yourself Why is she back in town? Is it to help her dad or did she run into trouble with the law? Why does she walk around town carrying a liquor bottle? Does she have a drinking proble to our southern backwater?” I laughed

“Ion hi by so and look in on him”

“You double-teaet some time off Well done,” I said “Want some queso?”

“Always I literally alant chips and queso Even at two in the o for some nachos”

“I’ll keep that in et to wake you up at two in the ”

She s I can’t wait to see what you made for supper”

“Wait no longer,” I said, pulling a pizza box out of the oven

“Uhed

“No, I want to spend my time with you Not make so of all quesos and the chips Now, let’s see if reen pepper”

“Got it in one That’s h I don’t know if I can really enjoy it without watching reen pepper with a look of disgust on his face”