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“I’ll have my stuff packed in a few,” he said “You don’t need to coo poke around downstairs? See if you can find so about, the ones fro he missed”

Kara closed her ood idea

“O—Okay”

“Bye”

He walked off, and the sense of his disappointment was alan was tough; ex-military, physically capable, hardened both inside and out The whole tiether she hadn’t seen a softer side of hiret

No love…

The elevator doors closed, but Kara was still distracted Could he really be jealous? Of Jeremy?

He coul

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She bit down on her lip It almost make sense

He is

The elevatornoise, like it was impatient, and Kara reached for the faded ceramic buttons There was only an ‘L’ for lobby, and a ‘2’ for the second floor A third button — presumably for the third floor — had once sat above them both on the panel It had been completely removed, and the hole covered with some sort of thick black tape

Hmmmm…

Beneath the panel itself, Kara sao keyholes set into the ancient wood One was ency, or ely shaped… and coated in dust

Could he really be jealous?