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“Nah, s

Billy drops his hands and nods with sudden resolve “You’re right No cryin’,” he decides, despite his teary eyes “I need to do somethin’ about all this I’ll find some way to save her business and save her, uh, face With the …” He gestures at the air “With the … the Spruce Ball thing”

I smirk “Good luck with that”

Billy tries on a sonna screw iven me for that No offense”

I let out a strained chuckle “None taken, my man”

“I’es” Billy wipes off a sheen of sweat from his forehead “How’s Bobby? How are you? I heard you boys are headin’ into the city this weekend”

“Yep Bobby and I are just gettin’ away for a bit before he gets hired by … uh, whoever”

“Y’know, I’d hire him at T&S’s in a blink,” Billy quickly says, “but we just hired t girls, and the hours are already spread plenty thin It’d be an insult to Bobby to offer hiet what I’m sayin’”

“I do” I give Billy a hearty pat on the shoulder “I’ll put in a word for you with s over a bit”

“Lifesaver,” he mutters at me, shoots me a smile, then heads on out of the house to join my brother in the front

I go back up toBobby a quick e of what happened

The text is interrupted by a timely one from him:

BOBS

Do you like movies?

I smirk, then type out a reply:

ME

Of course I do Why?

I stare at my phone while he types his response: