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“That’s orries lasses of iced tea “No one is always fine, girl, not even you Thatit”

“It’s how I deal, T, but I’ue, but I held up the box I carried in to stop her “Noe can talk about that, or we can talk about the wedding gifts I found while I ay”

She saze slid to the box for the third tie twenties style veil and gasped “I love it!” When she spotted the light blue gothic style garter the orks began “Thank you!”

“You’re welco a little “How have you been?” The hairs on the back of er it took her to talk

“Well, Cash has been worried sick about you” She gaveto stay still

“I figured he would be, but I just needed to get away” I wouldn’t apologize for that, not even to Talon I listened with a sickness I couldn’t name in my stomach as she told me about Roddick “Is he okay?”

She shrugged “Mick says he will be, but tensions are high in town, and they’re talking war”

“Looks like ed Talon, letting her squeeze ht because I knew she worried aboutforGotta make that money”

“Come back tomorrow for dinner,” she ordered in that tone that toldwould be pointless, so I waved and started the engine I stopped at the store and picked up a few things before stopping at the club

“Hey, Roddick, how are you?” He looked like shit, pale with red-rimmed eyes

“I’ve been better, kid What are you doing here?”

“Talon told s” I unloaded the box of his favorite snacks and the tablet he kept hidden behind the bar “Might make

recovery less boring”

He laughed and looked at everything “Thanks, Minx” He tore open a box of Suzy-Q’s and bit into one of the chocolatey cakes with a loudon, so you knohy I’ to have the prospects man the bar this week?”

It was clear I was no longer needed, and that was just fine with uys had become like a weird, horny family to me, but they weren’t the first family I lost If I was smart—and I liked to think I was—they’d be o so, feel better”