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There was also the sex The aularly, and I had coet pretty attached to hi bonding pretty hard I wasn't sure I loved him I honestly wasn’t sure what love was But I knew that it hurt to be away froether

Though he hadn't made any sort of commitment to me and I had no idea if he felt the sa to do with the rest of my life once the quarantine was liftedChapter Seventeen - DeanI looked into the freezer playing at confusion Jessica was sitting on the cook's chair next to the refrigerator with expectant eyes

“Chocolate, right, honey?”

“Yup Chocolate's my favorite”

I served up tls of ice cream One chocolate, one raspberry ripple I put the buckets away and considered the bowls carefully

“Hoe feel about marshmallows?”

“On ice creah such an idea had never occurred to her

“Sure, why not Let's go crazy!”

“Okay!”

Helping her down, I carried both bowls into the dining rooirl up onto the chair at the table

Jess really was too short for h She would grow, and most of the stuff in the house has been there since either of us were born — I believed in having a modicum of respect for history Besides which, it was nice that my niece trusted me to help her

I kneasn't exactly loving when I first came to live with her, and it took a while for us to build trust So really well, but I kneould take a lot h I had never been afraid of hard work, and we still had years to work on it

I was deterht Not only for her sake or to honor Simone's memory but for my own soul

I had spent long enough thinking about s like the app really being driven by anger and revenge It was ti to finish the app I would be sued pretty hard if I didn't but had ideas for other ones driven by honest eainstfroe and hate

That hat I finally realized Si the world a better place

We did the dishes,on a stool so she could reach, and went up to uitar I usually kept it to ed to get past et it sent to the corner shop, and the clerk had agreed to hold it for me for a price I didn't have an aal restrictions were lifted, but it was a hollow body, so I was able to play it quietly and hide it under my bed