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“We’re having vodka with cheesecake?”

“Of course”

When we returned to the o blue down coainst the stack of pillows He took the desserts frohtstand, then pulled a ree flat screen TV rose silently from the top of a console across the roo through an on-screen menu “Do you mind if I pick atch?” he asked

“That depends Does your taste in movies totally suck?”

“Of course not! I have is Which is why you’re insmile

I grinned at that and started to reach across hi my wrist “You can’t have that yet You can have this” And he put the bottle of vodka in my hand

“Control freak You’re really not going to let me have the dessert until you say so?”

“Nope And here’s why I’ument that this is, in fact, the world’s most perfect cheesecake But you won’t believe me unless you let it come to room temperature first, so you can taste it at its absolute best”

“I suppose you had it flown in from Italy,” I quipped

“Brooklyn, actually,” he said with a smile as he hit a couple buttons on the remote

“The world’s best cheesecake comes from Brooklyn?”

“Turns out yes”

I looked at the vodka bottle in my hand “Oh, here’s a surprise – it’s all in Russian”

“Naturally”

I glanced at hiht from the bottle?”

“Yup This is an informal slumber party”

“Alrighty then” I took a long drink of alcohol Nor, but this one was undeniably good