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were hunched over the desk going through paperwork that Olivia would bet dollars to stilettos was soanizational plan the efficiency expert middle triplet had come up with to squeeze an extra half percent of productivity out of the brewery

While Miranda and Natalie were the exceptions to the all-Sweets-are-crazy rule, she was the Sho proved the rule Still, when she needed to bitch, there was nothing like the triad

Miranda looked up from the paperwork on her desk “You look like you’re about to set fire to the place Lunch didn’t go well?”

“Lunch was fine; it’s Grumps Garcia who isn’t” She flopped down into the seat next to Natalie, who hugged her beloved clipboard tight “Why did I let Luciana talkinto the cabin behind his house?”

“What?” Both sisters exclaimed at the same time, their identical blue eyes round with surprise

God, she really needed to think before she spoke That was not how she wanted to drop the news to her sisters “No offense, but Uncle Julian’s just doesn’t have the space for one more person”

There, that totally sounded better than “my best friend offered up the cabin behind her super-hot brother’s house and h I should have because he is a total ass”

Ass Oh God, his was still a It filled out his uniform pants like they’d been custoether as discretely as possible Crap! Stop thinking about Mateo’s ass

“We’ll make room at the house,” Miranda said “We always find a way”

Here her sisters were trying to clean up herup, and all she could think about was Mateo You could take the girl out of Salvation, but you really could never take the Salvation out of the girl

“True, but the cabin is already there,” she said “It’s vacant Plus Luciana won’t charge me any rent”

Natalie’s eyes narrowed “Why are you worried about paying rent?”

She dropped her chin to her chest What was that she’d just told herself? Oh yeah, no talking without thinking

“Spill it, Olive Breath,” Miranda said

Oliva sighed Time to put all of her humiliations out on the table “I lost my job”