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His lips quirk up into a sain I like that he doesn’t tower over her when he speaks to her

“We can, but it’s going to be our secret Don’t tell Grand you ice cream before dinner Deal?”

She nods her head vigorously and says, “Deal!” She kisses his cheek, and my heart melts a little

Blue chuckles and clih as she ju ice creareat deal The feeling is mutual by the way he looks at her

Blue facesup the crayons and coloring book Lizzy was using I walk over to the shelf to store the coloring book and place the crayons in the bin Blue’s still watching me once I’m done

“It was great having Lizzy today,” I tell hi to say I wish he would leave Being near hiain tomorrow”

“Can we talk privately?”

I force a smile and portray remorse when I shake my head “I’m sorry, but I can’t Mrs Morris and I still have several things we need to do here before we leave” There’s no way I can be alone with hiht now

He nods, but I can tell he doesn’t like my answer from the barely visible tick in his jaw

“Coet some ice cream!”

He looks atto walk to Lizzy, who is not so patiently waiting for him at the door

He only takes a few steps, before he turns back to me “I’ll see you later,” he says pointedly

I’ anyway

Before I realize what I’, my eyes watch his ass as he walks out the door, hi hands

Later that evening, an had to work late, and didn’t know if he’d be able to oes better than last night I down lass down on the table, trying nore the bastard cra as it was for the first two shots