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Hennessy puffed his chest out “I’m a confident man”

“I’h headphones for the computer lab at the alternative school”

“Not as rinned then stopped “Wait … howabout?”

“Let’s wager the amount Viper would pay you … plus the four-course dinner we have toskills are better than your fucking skills”

“Hennessy, I wouldn’t” Shade broke in before he could accept the terms

He couldn’t brag to Viper and Shade about having aof a wimp to use it

“Arin married or have a boyfriend?”

“Not that I know of” Placing her phone on the table, Winter resu her breakfast “If she does, we’ll just call the bet off”

“You or soe me and tell her about the bet?”

“No I won’t have to play sneaky I’e yourself”

“Then I’ame because, Winter, you don’t know lass when I wanna sweet talk a woman”

“She’s going to make mincemeat pie out of you” Winter pointed her fork at hie link on her plate

It was like waving a red flag in front of a bull

“I’ll be fa-la-la-la-ing to Florida with your and Viper’s ed

“The ed youths’ education,” Viper’s wife told him

“They can learn the same way I did—in the school of hard knocks without headphones”

“Grinch”

Hennessy winced when she bit into the sausage

“He’s the first person I adz We’re bros,” he said co up, he’d felt bad the Grinch had such a bad rep At the end of the day, who had fucking saved Christh, he didn’t give a shit if it was the Grinch who had ruined it in the first place

“Why am I not surprised?”

Laying her fork down, she rose froe juice Viper, you want anything?”

“No, I’ood”