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“Um, I don’t have swimsuit”

“I can find you a T-shirt and shorts Gonna be a bit big, though”

He could say that again He was huge

“I’ll just dip my feet in”

“Sure?”

She nodded Stripping wouldn’t be wise anyway Not with the fading bruises she was still trying to hide

“Want a drink?”

“Beer if you have it”

“You got it, rocket”

Settling by the edge of the pool, she took off the flip-flops he’d grabbed froroaned

“Feel good?” he called out frorill The backyard wasn’t huge but it had a good-sized porch and a srassy area that ell taken care of

“A The boys would love this”

“Bring them over anytime”

“You ht want to meet them first before you say that They can be a handful” She leaned her head back, letting the sun bathe her Suht, just before darkness fell When everything felt like it was slowing down When she could just sit and be, without any stresses or fear

She really had no business being there She couldn’t afford to get involved with anyone Not when everything was such ahandsome it made her teeth ache