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“Have you played that before?”

I sighed He was starting to annoyif I spoke in French?”

“Stay here” He rose to his feet, dropping the tablet onto the couch before returning to his bedroom

“And we’re back to hih he hadn’t necessarily stopped being bossy in the short twenty-four hours I had known him

Putting ainst the couch He ca sheets of paper and a pencil

“What, are you going to draw me?”

“Not quite,” he said, sitting besideme the paper “Do you think you can remember any part of it?”

I stared at the sheetto race Finally, I dropped theo”

“Where do you need to be at 1:00 am?”

“I have to be at work in three hours I need sleep,” I said as I reached for the door, but he stopped ainst it with his arms crossed

“Move,” I demanded

“What godforsaken job requires you to be up at four in the ?”

“A credit card call center for the east coast, and it’s a decent job” Godforsaken, my ass However, he didn’t seem to believe me

He tilted his head to the side “How many jobs do you have?”

“As many as I need to”