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Why in the hell would someone like me—a known player and user of woaze and wait her out

She finally puts the potatoes in herher eat because her lips are sexy and so is her throat when she ss After a sip of wine, she asks, “Do you kno my parents died?”

“A car accident,” I tell her, as she had ht ere all out to dinner on that extended road trip

“My dad was driving and had a heart attack His car went into the other lane and was hit by a tractor trailer”

Before I can stop myself, I reach my hand across the table and take hers She blinks in surprise and stares at the back at me

“Jesus I’ood way to lose your parents, but that’s really horrific”

She ss hard and nods Her voice is thick with emotion “Yeah It was a shock to say the least At any rate, the life insurance co heart condition he failed to disclose on his application and they denied his pay out My h with so to keep Billy at the Cresson”

“Do you have an attorney?” I ask her

She shakes her head and pulls her hand away from mine “Can’t afford one”

“I’ll call mine tomorrow and have him look at it”

“Erik,” she exclaims with a hard shake of her head “Just…no You can’t do that”

This refusal doesn’t surprise me Blue seems like a proud woman I could steao out on another date with me?”

I have to force h when her eyes fill with confusion and her mouth drops open “What?”