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“And where are you going?” Broderick demanded in a hard, unplacable accent

“To get dressed?”

“Stay here in a o anywhere”

Ahhhh So that was it I glanced at Daetting weird

“Look,” I told the on here, and I’ As far as I knew, Dale”

I couldn’t believe I’d made the joke It was a one-in-a-thousand shot at levity in a terrible situation One that fell utterly flat

“Single?” Broderick looked astonished “Is that what you think?”

“He never told me he was involved with—”

“Why does she think that?” he yelled, whirling on Da her?”

He was seething now, his big shoulders square and tight I could see theThe outline of his ja

w…

Shit

I gulped hard All of a sudden there was a lump the size of a baseball in my throat

He looks just like Alex

“I haven’t been telling her anything,” Damien countered “And we’re dary now also, or at least trying to It was a false anger though A defenseelse