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All of it He needed every drop the h toup, hopefully in private, preferably in a seedy motel where no one would think to look for him and he could suffer in peace

The bed bounced lightly when Ken rolled off and Brady groaned “I’”

“Sit up first I brought you so to drink”

Water? His movements were clumsy and leaden as he twisted so he could plant his feet on the sroan and rested his aching head in his rough, wide palovers”

His brothers always said he had the constitution of an ox Specifically Babe the Blue Ox—because giant references never got old in his faotten so hammered he blacked out He left that to the more adventurous Finns

Speaking of his drinking buddy… “Owen?”

“Your cousin is fine,” Ken assured him wryly “It’s barely eleven-thirty and he’s already called your phone five tiers around a hot cup “And he’s not the only one who called and left a e Don’t drop that—drink it so you can tell them the bad man didn’t leave you in a tub of ice without your kidneys”

Eleven-thirty? How had he slept so long?

You got drunk and passed out Keep up, moron

“Keep your voice down,” he grumbled at Ken and the voice in his head “At least until the roo”

Ken lowered his voice obediently “This should help”

Bradycup in his hand The brown liquid s incense and wet burlap Definitely not water “What is it?” he asked suspiciously “Poison?”

“This is the antidote You’ve never had a hangover? Well I’ve never had a naked et sick inabout healthy naked men So drink All of it”

Brady gulped it doithout another word, willing to do whatever it took to find relief while he adjusted to the reality of his situation The task would be easier if he knehere his clothes were