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Oakley: Doing what?

Ford: Nothing

Pace: Applying for KPD He starts with the SWAT teah police academy first

Ford: Thanks for that

Viddy: What?!!???!?!

I grinned at that

Switching back to the text between Pace and me only, I said four words

Oakley: I told you so

Pace: How about you told me so after dinner See you in five Don’t dress up

I rolled my eyes

I hadn’t dressed up for anything ever

And, honestly, I wasn’t even sure that I could wearas I was still pretty skinny due to ery

I didn’t argue with hih Nor did I reply

Instead, I got up off of the couch I’d made myself comfortable on and started into the bedroom

The click-click of Jagger’s nails sounded behind me, and I knew that he was hot on my heels

He paid quite a bit of attention to me now that I was back home

I wasn’t sure if Jagger knehat had happened—or alotten home from the hospital he’d been extremely watchful

I ignored the incessant buzzing in roup chat and stripped out ofthem down on the floor

Even

Black and boring

I needed to look into a neardrobe

I’d have to h

Even now, after a twenty-yard walk fro room into my room, I was tired

Even worse, things started to ache all over again

Today had been a doctor appointment day I’d had to ay farther than I’d wanted to, and I was aching

I probably should’ve said no to Pace when he’d said ‘dinner,’ but I didn’t want to More so, I just wanted to spend some time with him, and I didn’t care if I had to be in pain to do it

I studied ery body

I was skinny

Nauseatingly so

I could see every single one ofthat looked like they had soht during the kidney failing process

My eyes th of my abdomen and I studied the new scar