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“Is there a back door?” She fidgets with the hem of her shirt

“There is The car’s parked out front, though”

“Okay Yeah Uh” Violet rue, alirls need such big purses It sees After a couple offor Her shoulders sluhs

“What’s up?” I tuck er under her chin and coax her to look at me

“Oh, I don’t know Your ht us with your hand ininto her at the moment”

“I just talked to her about that—”

Violet looks like she’s about to have a heart attack “You what?”

“About her privacy issues” The rest of the conversation I’ll keep to h; she doesn’t need to know I’ve been fighting with my mother over her

“Oh” Her shoulders relax a little “I still don’t want to see her right now, so can we go out the back? I’ reat”

“Sure, baby Whatever you want” I steal a kiss

Violet softens, allowing me to deepen it for a few seconds before she pulls away

“My friends are just as laid-back aswith them no problem”

“You think so?”

“Trustto love them”

We take the back stairs and walk around the side of the house to avoid another run-in with my mother

“So” I’m about to introduce her to reith—the ones who knew ure earner They have tons of dirt on ood

“I’ll get over the thing with your s it up Ever”

“She won’t” She better not I put h a squeeze “There’s so you should probably know”

“Please don’t tell ery I don’t think I can e that today”

“What?”

“Sorry” She crosses and uncrosses her legs “You sound serious It’sme nervous”

I try not to laugh “I assure you, all my parts are my own”

“That’s a relief; otherwise you would’ve had the biggest vagina in the world as a woman”

I laugh because, honestly, the shit that goes through her head sometimes baffles me