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She shook it and held on “Are you married?”

“No, ma’am” Jake shook his head

“Girlfriend?”

“Not a one”

Glenda leaned forward “Gay?”

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“Nope” He grinned down at Glenda It looked as if he had this conversation with every mother he met

“Do you want to be married?”

She grimaced at the hopeful look on her mom’s face

“Not really”

“Why not?” Glenda dropped his hand and crossed her arms in front of her

Jake shrugged “Well,kind”

“We’ll see about that” Excited speculation lit up Glenda’s face She dug into her ht out a polka-dotted notepad and pen set She scribbled so and handed it to Jake

“You callto the NRA” She turned her attention to Claire “He goes, I stay Got it?”

She mentally conceded the battle With her mother, it always ended the same “Yes, Mom”