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I take a long, slow sip ofas if it’s the ie sighs in such an exaggerated way I can feel her breath on my hair

“That house has been on the , pretending that tendeal You don’t get to be Houston’s Top Realtor two years in a row for keeping houses on the reed to take over Grandpa’s residential clients when he went into hospice care, since all my experience in real estate is with don condoh-rise lofts

“So like that,” I say casually as I stirstraw—another habit Maggie hates She always bitches that stirring straws are meant to stir, not to suck from “Residential properties are a beast in this economy”

“I’ll be happy to take it over for you,” she says “I do ith middle class homes”

I take another sip of coffee to avoid the bitch look that is so close to flashing across my face Of course she would be happy to take it over forkind to your fellow partner; it’s about swooping in and taking their commission out from under them She kno important it is for randfather proud She’d never say it, but I know it bothers her that I’e

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“Really?” Maggie says, her voice rising in a way that makes me shudder “Because when I spoke with the ho, she said she hasn’t had a single offer, not even a low ball She was quite displeased She evento Remax”

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