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He frowned “Can’t wait to get me out of the way, can you?”

“That’s not what I hed

“I know I leave tomorrow Just came to have lunch with my mother and ask you a small favor”

“What?”

He nodded behind , and it’s been killingback there I swear some people have already peeked in”

“Everyone is so impatient You can’t see the full effect of it until you back up some, anyway—”

“Please, Gwen”

“You're just going to use it to torture your mother’s curiosity, aren’t you?”

He grinned “How do you know me so well?”

Shakinghim to come inside

He looked down at the paint all spread across the ground and the once white shirt I hile painting lying next to it before glancing up He took a step back and bent his head as best as he could, looking up at the whole mural “Is that the—”

“Yep” I didn’t want him to say it out loud

“They are going to love this” He dropped his head and looked back to me “I love it”

“Thank you I’m always a little nervous, but if I know you really like it, I can go forith no fear” At the vibr

ation, I pulled my phone out of my pocket