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We’d talk, or watch so in the hoers—which ayPlus, I loved watching her practice with the safe Whenever she heard a certain sound in her headphones, her eyebroould tug together, creating a cute little crease between them

Fuck, she was sexy

Gorgeous and funny and dangerously smart I liked how confident she hen it came to her field of work She wasn’t just coo, it was earned, and that was fucking hot

I beganofabout her and my plans once the leash was off I went to the office, sat in s, and researched the statutes for co policy change All the while, ti anticipation for when I’d get to see her again

I had plans for tonight and was anxious to get to them

A helpful distraction rolled into ator I’d contracted with out of Miami The dress Euy start there Attached was a summary and a few pictures for confirmation

Jillian was alive

I gazed at the pictures of her and Lucas together There was one were they shopped together at a grocery store, and I i to cook for dinner that night A picture of her walking down a sidehile she carried a plastic bag of produce, the buildings behind her bright and colorful

So stirred insideit fill e had captured Lucas barefoot on the deck of his boat with an enor of produce in one hand, probably the sa in the last picture, and used his other hand to help her step aboard She held her flip-flops by the straps, and like hirin

Had the i, or was this now their perot away froodda everyone—including Sophia—but I wasn’t mad at them

It was i but happy for my friends