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She pushed out of his arhtly overweight, and I have zero fashion sense Hardly a hottie, Leo”

Leo straddled the chair across fro, “It’s like when a dog spies a juicy hae of the counter I don’t care hoell behaved the dog is He’s going to try and get a taste And you, sweetheart, are juicy”

She stopped chewing and frowned up at hi I’ to compare me to beef at least make it a steak”

He chuckled and dug into his own food “You’re a filet et it”

She ate a few ht now I just feel desperate My mother called earlier”

Leo scowled He’d never met Amanda’s parents, but he hated thehter They acted as if there was so flawed about her just because she wasn’t married and knocked up It pissed him off to think anyone could possibly consider A To Live Forever speech?”

She picked up her egg roll and swirled it around in the sweet and sour sauce, but he noticed she didn’t take a bite “No, this ti up, and she wants to know if I plan to attend Alone Again”

Leo had forgotten about the Harding family reunion Shit Last year when Amanda had returned fro her out of the depression the event had put her in Her parents had lectured her the entire daive therandchildren? Why did she have live clear across the United States and work in that dreadful little bookstore?

Leo opened the lid on the hot and sour soup and picked up a white plastic spoon “Don’t go Skip it this year” He couldn’t handle seeing theain

She shook her head as she pushed the egg roll through the orange sauce “I can’t She’s expecting ht a guy along, but I haven’t dated anyone since Roger and he was such a horrible dud”

Oh, Leo reer “The nose picker”

She gri him eat too The man had no manners at all”

Leo dropped the spoon and reached across the table He plucked the egg roll out of her hand “Stop drowning the thing and eat it” He held it to her lips, somewhat mesmerized as she closed them around it and took a bite SheAmanda eat had turned into one of his favorite hobbies She did it with such obvious pleasure Each bite received special attention

Leo cleared his throat and let her take the deep-fried roll out of his hand He dug into his soup and they ate in silence for a while His soup finished, Leo pushed the Styrofoa out about the reunion”