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“I won’t” And before Kirsty could stop him, he leaned in to kiss her

He wanted her to know that the theft hadn’t changed a thing between the were separate issues

“I wishthese things,” Betty said

Kirsty gave him a bashful little smile, scowled at Betty and left

Lake looked at his underwear hed He was pretty sure that when you had kids you got thee years you were used to theained an unruly teenager that looked like Yoda If he’d known that buying a shop for his sister alsoand hard about it Lake sat in one of the over-soft sofas that were designed to s you whole

“What are we going to do about this?” he said

“Nothing I did what I had to”

“You have to give her the underwear back”

“No I don’t”

Lake was seriously close to losing his cool In the ar h-pressure situations paled in co stuck in Betty’s house

“You need to tellhis voice calerie shops in the show That’s how the publicity was planned If she doesn’t show, then on’t benefit”

So flickered in Betty’s eyes He wasn’t sure what it was exactly, but he hoped it was a sign she was cracking

“She needs to be out of the show, son,” Betty said “If she wins the war, then our shop will shut and you’ll go away”

Her lip quivered slightly and the ent out of Lake

“I’ away anyway, Betty,” Lake told her “This was never a per for me I plan to sell the shop as soon as I can I have a business opportunity waiting for me and if I don’t buy in by the new year, I lose my chance”