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I found Banks on the dance floor, she and Rika with their heads together over so

“It’s where I kissed her for the first ti my eyes trail over my wife’s bare shoulders

“I didn’t know that”

“Devil’s Night” The memory played in my head “My senior year”

The overture ended and the sound syste tune with lyrics

Then, E, wasn’t she?”

I tipped aze back down to her “How did you know that?”

She grinned, as if just re “I was there that day I ran into her”

“You go to church?” I teased

But she just looked away, a coy smile on her lips “I had my reasons”

Or secrets? Whatever None of my business

“The confessional,” I mused “That was the first tied my life”

“Mine, too”

“If only I’d fought more for what I wanted” That day ended far worse than it had begun “We wouldn’t have ether”

“Me too,” she added in a whisper

Banks stole glances at me every once in a while, her red lips wet and her eyes dark Heat covered es filledonly that face makeup

“I need to dance with her,” I told Em and started to move onto the floor

But then a young brunette was in front of own

“Kai,” she chirped

I halted, seeinga lot different than she did in her Aikido class on Tuesdays and Thursdays “Soraya,” I said, “You look great” I took her hand and leaned in, pressing my cheek to her temple for a quick embrace “Are your parents here?”

“No” She smiled up at ht”

“Good to hear”

I tried to step around her and say goodbye, but she started talking again “Thank you for the one-on-ones last week,” she told me “They really helped”

She looked up ataround her I could almost feel Emmy’s loaded smirk next to me

Please The kid was a…kid

“Of course,” I told her “Practicing soe over break?”