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“She kept things from me Lied to me I have a problem with lies”

Ja look “I didn’t lie to you”

“Didn’t you?” Sloan snarled

The other hed and looked at him tiredly “Do you really want to do this here? With Kinley lying in there?” Sloan just stared at him

James pulled out a card “Here’s my private number Call me when you want to talk About the past About Kinley”

“She’s mine” He didn’t care howhis claim

Jaot that Just make sure you take care of her”

He didn’t say, “this tihtened his stomach James strode off without another word, and Sloan entered Kinley’s apart up the flowers that lay strewn about It would never have occurred to Jaht sourly He took a deep breath and pushed that thought aside Nothing good was going to coht hiet in the way of your future would only lead to problems And loneliness

He due and sahite card on the kitchen bench

Beautiful flowers for a beautiful lady

He snorted Jaarbage too Later, he’d go out and get her some flowers to replace these ones For the moment, he’d see what he could do to stop that faucet fro

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Kinley woke up feeling groggy, and her rowled, re her she hadn’t eaten in a while Great, that et up when all she wanted to do was lie there andin misery

“Hungry?”

She screeched, sitting up She stared up into Sloan’s face, her heart racing, herto make sense of his presence in her apartment