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“Hey”

“Hey, gorgeous”

“How did it go at the hospital?” I asked

His rooant as the suite I had reserved

“Took one of the other guys with me Kids seemed to like it”

“You did?” I didn’t mean to sound as stunned as I was

“Yeah Rookie guy naood for him too”

“Wo you are recruiting andI like it”

“Hey, don’t get carried away I’ht the scales here People are going to get the wrong idea about me”

I twisted ether These were the moments when I saw him lower the shield that barricaded him from the rest of the world It made me melt

“Don’t do that,” I warned playfully “And Charlie? What did she say?”

He scratched the back of his head and leaned back on the bed I wanted to be with him so badly I wanted to fall asleep and wake up in his arms We were in the same city, but separated because of my choices

“Yeah, she’s pissed Madder than a fucking hornet, actually”

I giggled “Sorry, not funny”

“I did what I said I would do I rumbled