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“Before I forget,” I said as I followed, her hand still in ive hi that old ”

Conleigh rolled her eyes as she turned to look over her shoulder at me The move made a wisp of her hair fall out of her bun, and I wanted nothing more than to curl it around her ear, but that wouldthat I definitely did not want to do

She’d remeo, but until then I’d revel in the fact that she actually took o

“I make him keto cookies,” she said “He has to have a low carb intake or it ar I played around with the recipes until I found one that didn’t taste horrible I bring them to him once in a while He seems to like them”

I grinned “That’s nice of you Keto getting so popular has changed a lot of lives”

She nodded and stopped beside a keypad, poking the 0911 into it before the green light blinked and unlocked for her

It hen the door closed behind us that she finally let go of my hand

I felt the loss like she’d taken part of me with her when she went

“How do you know about keto?” she asked suspiciously

I shrugged “Bread’s a no-no when you’re on a fitness routine like I am So is sweet shit But ketoto give up all the flavor that you normally would on a low carb diet…that’s not to say that I’m on one, because I’m not I just like some aspects of it, like the bread substitutions, and the fact that you can eat as much bacon as you want”

She snorted “That would be your reasoning You and bacon”

I grinned as I walked forward and placed the bag on the table “Anyway, ot us soot us has chili, bacon, and all kinds of other good shit on it?”

Her eyes ide “You went to Holt’s? Yes! That place is always so good, but I don’t ever have the patience to stand in line and wait for theet to , especially when your ti of, we really only have about twenty ht now, and we’re doo nurses We’ll need to hurry”

I started pulling out containers, divvying them up between her and me

“I didn’t bring us drinks,” I muttered as I realized my mistake “Shit”