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“It wouldn’t be a hardship I’m easy to be around Ask anyone”

She looked at Mitch

“It’s true You get to live in a castle, and if you can deal hatevernext, then he’s easy to live with”

Caroline’s brorinkled in confusion It was cute

“Is this like a job position? You’d payso Michael Jackson would have done?”

Josh alhed, but she was deadly serious

“We’re talking about aI have will be yours, and vice versa We’ll row old It’s si this for centuries It isn’t a big deal Don’t overthink it It’ll be great Instead, focus on all the fun we’ll have down the years”

“But I don’t know you I don’t know anything about you Other than you sing Sinatra songs and ed women throw underwear at you”

“I don’t just sing Sinatra,” Josh infor I can do about the underwear Believe h a woman’s head that makes her think I want her used nylon underpants”

Caroline blinked several times

“She wants to know more about you,” Mitch said helpfully “Not the underpants”

“Sure” Josh nodded “What do you want to know? Ask away”

She seeaze darted about the roo to say Josh took pity on her

“Fine,” he said when no questions were forthco “I come from a decent family My dad is Scottish, my mom is American They met in Atlantic City when my dad was on shore leave from the merchant navy They were married fast and settled in Atlantic City, where they ran a ether I had a normal childhood Wasn’t brilliant in school and wasn’t dus when I was thirteen, then as soon as I was legal I worked the clubs I gotCaesars Apart from that, I don’t have any brothers or sisters, and this idiot”—he pointed at Mitch—“has been my best friend since I was six What else is there to know?”

She took a deep breath “Any history of mental illness?”