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I led her inside and walked straight to the bar If there was one thing I knew, it hat kind of whiskey helped when everything was stacked against you I poured two rock glasses full and handed one to the shaky girl

“Here This will put it in perspective” I shoved it into her hand

“It’s the middle of the day” Her eyes were misted

“Trust me”

I didn’t know shit about being a friend, but I was everyone’s drinking buddy Getting drunk I could do I tossed mine back and felt the welcome burn coat the inside of my throat

Lexi sipped it while grilass on the coffee table There was still a shot’s worth she left behind

“You need to finish that” I nodded at her “Go on”

She took a solid breath and chugged Her eyes fixated on the bottom of the tumbler

“Good girl” I took the elass from her “How do you feel now?”

“Like I should have had some lunch first”

Shit I did everything backward

“I’ve got food” I shuffled to the kitchen to find so to feed her

I scoured the pantry I had chips, salsa, and more protein mix powder than could fill a vitae and a couple of steaks

“How does an omelet sound?” I called from the kitchen

Alexa appeared in the doorway “It’s ok You don’t have to go through so much trouble because of me”