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He chuckled “Hey there, beautiful You home from work?”

“I ao And before you ask, I finally took care of that chili I know you must be proud”

“Proud as a papa But I have some bad news”

I paused “Everything okay?”

“The cover designer forti”

“And you’re still halfway across town”

“Yep”

“Any accidents in your way?”

“You kno it goes One ood and the next, we’re delayed another thirty minutes”

I made my way into our bedroo?”

“More or less We settled on a cover, so that’s a good thing”

“Should I even ask about the rest of it?”

“Let’s just say the cover designer is a talker And not always about things that matter Ever”

I giggled “Oh, you poor thing Sounds like you need some Chinese”

He snickered “We had that last night And three times last week”

“And it sounds like you could use it again tonight You know, before I get to packing y for that, you know”

He chuckled again “Why don’t you wait for ether?”

“That depends Will you pick up Chinese on the way home?”

“Whatto do that anyway?”

I kicked off my shoes “You’re perfect, you know that?”

“Eh, so I’ve been told”