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“Then we aren’t going to have a problem,” she says, a smile in her tone

It sounds like there’s a kid screaht her out at the grocery store

“What are you up to?” I ask her “And how’s Ro?”

“She’s…getting a huge kick out of all the videos of Pike rescuing her”

The Internet spun the story of Pike carrying Ro toa woman after she was attacked on the Strip He put a statement out on social et to the hospital after a fall, but that only fed the flames It’s been two days since it happened, and the views just keep going up It was approaching a million last time I heard

“He thinks it’s pretty funny, too,” I tell Gia “Did you go back to work last night?”

“No, Gia’s parents ca for us We were stuffed with pasta until we couldn’t eat another bite”

“That’s nice, though, that she wanted to come over and help”

There’s a pause “Actually, we’re at their house They were out of town seeing her dad’s sister but they came home yesterday after she told them she’d broken her foot and sprained her ankle”

“Jack, leave your sister’s cast alone!” a stern feround

Gia sighs softly into the phone I sense she’s feeling tense

“Well, that’s uh…good, if they have space for you guys, I guess”

Gia laughs lightly “Ro’s on the couch and I’oing to work in…an hour and twenty minutes”

I kicksmall splashes

“Do they just want you over there because Ro’s injured?” I ask

“We have a third-floor apartment,” Gia explains “Ro can’t do the stairs on crutches”

“I’round “Jack, stop driving your cars over my cast, you little shit!”

They only let one person in the room with Ro at the hospital the other day, and that was Gia When we arrived, the eency department nurse told theet X-ray results and a cast if Ro needed one Gia insisted Pike and I leave and said she’d update us later If I had stayed, I would have known they couldn’t go back to their apartment