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Even if my family was crazy and unstable They were still my family And I wanted them to meet him

Greer?

I groaned This hy texting wasn’t the best option But it et off the phone withmy relationship

No My boyfriend I’ll call you tonight when I’m not at work

Boyfriend? Who? What’s his name?

I typed out my last reply

His nahn I’ll call you later

I shoved es To be fair, rossed in Garret’s problems to focus on mine

That should be a coether The one she didn’t have to worry about She trusted me not to date an alcoholic or an unemployed tattoo artist But it didn’t mean I didn’t want her approval

And for the first ti time I had someone in my life I was proud of I wanted to take him home and show him off There wasn’t anyone like hih anded to cruh my resistance And there was a reason for it—he was incredible

“This a bad time?” Jessie joked

I looked up frole bite

“No Just thinking,” I answered I had intended to read through notes on Lana’s case

“It looked serious”

“Trying to figure out the holidays with my family That’s all,” I explained