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“I’ve got to get out of here before your dad wakes up,” he said, and kissedhied his pillow, still war of Old Spice and went back to sleep

24

Luke

That night with her changed everything for me I knehat I wanted It was a fierce need in my blood now, to sleep with Sarah Jo inAn affair that was nothing h She deserved better than that She deserved to be introduced to irlfriend and deserved to knoas proud to be with her So it was tied my dad that I wanted to book Cecil’s for a private party this week He ht so it would be best I offered to pay hi fee and he refused

Will you and Moht? I want to talk to you about soed

You gotta close the bar to talk to us? he replied

It’s important, I texted back 6pm dress nice

We’ll be there

I smiled, then called Sarah Jo, “Hey, beautiful,” I said, “are you busy Thursday night?”

“I’d like to be busy with you,” she said, a smile in her voice that made me feel joyous

“Then say you’ll come to dinner at Cecil’s at six It’s a private party You, me, my parents Your dad Ryan if he wants to come”

“Why would you want all those people in the same room? Is it the birthday party from hell? My brother hit you, Luke My dad thinks I’m an idiot Your parents have always been nice to ether, if for no other reason than my brother’s lack of o and act all polite like a church potluck when I know the people who are i”

“That’s why I’ether, and when you’re with someone, you have dinner with their parents, and you introduce them to yours”