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“Yeah, Fox Go on with you” Fernsby , giving ed h thecards He didn’t stop until ere in the chief’s section of the bunking with its rows of triple beds, steering me into the far corner by our bunks and about as close to privacy as ere going to get

“What the fuck?” Calder wasted no ti on me

“It’s nothing” I looked down at my narrow bunk I had the bottom bunk, another chief had the middle, and the top bunk was Calder’s And I was more than a little tempted to disappear intohis ain”

“You sure as hell looked like you were gearing up to slug hi out of your ears”

Calder wasn’t wrong, so I shrugged “I need to stop letting hiet to me I know”

“Yeah, you do” He shoved et aith We’d been lucky, ned to Breether as chiefs Calder had a vested interest inup, andjust that

“I’m pissed because it looks like he won first kiss and now I have to watch that,” I admitted in a lohisper

“What you need is a kiss of your own,” said the guy who probably had different dates scheduled for each of our first three days home

“Ha Would be nice, but not happening” It ithout saying that I wouldn’t have anyone in the throngs of fa on me Simply wasn’t how my life was structured, and most of the ti contingent of friends and fa belief that the solution to one terrible relationship was to find another uy”

“Everyone knows that about you” Calder rolled his eyes He was both taller and broader thanbecause I wasn’t exactly tiny However, his playful deer “But you should be And I’ you need to -ex-froreet you”

“God I wish” I let ainst the panel where the bunksdown the et lucky, but I had entertained more than fantasy about how to pay Steve back A rebound held limited appeal from an emotional standpoint But jealousy? Yeah, I wouldn’tout someone hotter than Steve, who alas a vain fucker “But we’re only a couple of weeks out fro, and I’m not exactly in a position to meet someone while we’re deployed”