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“Just yourself and anything you want to drink”
“How about I bring some cake too?” I’d make one of Mum’s red velvet cakes They were always a hit at parties
“Sure, honey That sounds great” She started searching through her bag again, retrieving her phone “I better go otherwise I’ll be late for work Thanks for the coffee I’ll probably see you to her keys off the counter, she turned to leave but then looked back at e I don’t have many friends in Brisbane so it’s nice to have you I’d better get your phone number and then I can text you my address”
S too, I rattled off my number for her She keyed it in to her phone and then thanked o to work I was really looking forward to Sunday now;Madison’s family and friends would be fun if they were even half as nice as her Her boyfriend, J, intriguedor why he ay for so long, but the way that Madison talked about hiuy
Chapter 5
Scott
Juggling a tray of steaks, a tray of sausages and a huge bottle of toh J’s front door and down the hall towards the back of his house Out of the corner of uely took in the paint tins on the floor near the back door and the pile of paint chips on the kitchen table Madison otten her way; she wanted to repaint the house but I knew that J hadn’t been keen She had hier
I placed the food on the kitchen bench and surveyed the back yard where they had everything set up J had a large undercover area outside; it was usually where we liked to drink and shoot the shit but now that Madison was around, I could see
“Scott, you made it,” Madison said as she approached the back door fro the meat?”
“Yeah, you want it outside now?”
“Not yet Why are you late?” She slid the door open and came inside
“I had to deal with Lisa’s cat again That fucking cat has a death wish and it doesn’t help that Michelle couldn’t give a shit”
Madison started pulling food out of the fridge and then said, “God, I dislike that woman so much What happened to Monty now?”
I leant against the counter “He got out of the house when he should have been inside Then he cliet him down”
She started laughing “You climbed a tree?” she asked