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I nod and sh there is a lot I don’t know about hi aboutof shit for that “What of your family?” I ask to correct my error

“My fa the water and gesturing for me to sit After I do, he sits next to o My mother lives in a retirement community in Florida”

I like how it feels when he possessively drags an arm across my shoulder Like it a little too much, in fact “She went that route, huh?”

He nods “All of her friends ended upto Florida so she jumped on that train”

“How often do you see her?”

“Not often enough, really” The tension in his eyes tells me he’s close to his mother “I travel there to see her every couple of ood life out there A busy life with a new husband”

“She sounds happy”

He gives another firm nod “She’s a ball of sunshine and bourbon, my mother”

“She sounds like a woh, honestly, I can’t iine why anyone would want to leave this behind for Florida”

“Neither can I” He drags his fingers alongout at the beach ahead of us

Silence settles in, and it’s a cohly aware of the way I lean into hile touch of his rises my body teh my mind is on hyperdrive, a

nd I need answers I glance at Liaaze seems to have never moved away “What about friends? What do you do for fun?”

“I le,” he says

“With people you do business with, you mean?”

He inclines his head “Business takes up a lot of my free time”