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“Good,” Rocky said with a hint of fatigue in her voice “Because I have so else to talk about Lasso He’s so stressed out but he won’t say what’s going on other than ‘so toon”
She let out a long sigh when she finished and flashed a sheepish smile “Sorry”
“I’lad it’s not just me” Teddy leaned back on her hands, head tilted towards the sky “Golden Boy has definitely been stressed and we both know it’s not the shop or money issues If it was, the handsome bastard would tell ood measure but there was an affectionate lilt to her voice “So on Definitely”
I didn’t knohat to say because I shouldn’t know anything about this problem, but I did Only it wasn’t h, Cross was an iuy and would not appreciate the wouys So I stayed silent “Isn’t that the nature of…things?”
“That doesn’t mean we have to like it,” Rocky shot back with a defensive tone
“Right Well I should get going” I’d only been there a little over an hour but I’d rather be alone than sit through this tension “It was good to see all of you” I waved and stood, bending to help Jana when she tried to get up quickly
“Don’t go on etic
“I’m not I have to pick up Beau” I left the turquoise necklace with Charlie, as too oodbye I turned and walked away, practicingexercises as I made my way to Jana’s sunny yellow front door
“You don’t have to go, you know”
Jana had caught up with me “I know I don’t have to but I should”
“You’re one of us”
I wasn’t but I appreciated her saying so “No, I’m not Jana and that’s fine You and I are friends, so I hope you know you can talk to , but I do know that Club b
usiness isn’t any of my business and honestly I’m not sure I should hear it”
“Why not?” The question was genuine, evidenced by the confusion written on Jana’s face but just as quickly that confusion turned to suspicion and I realized my mistake
And shrugged it off “Just seems like the less I know about it, the better” That otten about the Reckless Bastards was happenstance, nothing I needed to know about because I didn’t have a personal connection to them