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I put nition “No shit”

“I can’t believeand baby stuff”

“Yeah, all that buildup for nothing”

“I know, right? Trust me, that woman lives up to the Italian mamma stereotype I have no idea what happened Maybe my dad slipped her some of his special candies”

I smirk “Would he really do that?”

She chuckles “I wouldn’t put it past hih of these butterscotch edibles He says they’re the world’s best defense against my mother’s craziness”

I bark out a laugh “I’ll have to keep that in mind” I nod to the elevator that leads into Charlee’s building “Do you want me to walk you to your door?”

“Nah, I’ll be fine I’e into my work clothes and take off”

“Are you co to my place after work? Or would you prefer that I come here?”

Charlee looks away “Uo to bed early I have a lot of housework and errands toet an early start Plus, I need to get those annul ht Vegas is in Clark County and they don’t accept joint petitions That nature I’ll take care of that part to will have you served with a notice and file with the courts Since it will be uncontested, the annulranted within twenty days Easy peasey”

“You still want to do that, huh?”

She frowns “That’s always been the plan, Drew”

I shakeher statement “Not to me, it hasn’t I haven’t wanted an annulment since that first day you came to the firehouse Hell, maybe even before then But I respected your need to do it so I went along with it If I had ht that’s e’ve been doing It’s been five weeks since we got back, Charlee We could’ve filed the petition a long tio if that’s e really wanted We haven’t even talked about it in weeks Not once Doesn’t that tell you so?”

She flicks her wrists in a what are you talking about gesture “The only thing it tellsto do what needs to be done And you certainly won’t hearto file, the judge et it over with”

I zero in on her fidgety hands “Do you want to tellon?”