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As Caroline swayed in place, he went to find her shoes

When he returned to the kitchen, Caroline was explaining her probleht it was like leet there’s alcohol in it”

“Chane is like that,” his mother commiserated “Whatever you do, don’t try any of those chocolate liqueurs It’s like drinking candy One , this is delicious, nextwhat the heck happened”

Caroline shuddered “Thank you I’ll steer clear of those”

“Here’s your bag and shoes” He knelt down before her and helped her step into her shoes

“Thank you” Even with a hangover, her manners were impeccable She patted him on the cheek “I’ll see you too

“Oh, hell no” Josh grabbed her ar her back round towards hioodbye to your man”

His lips claers into the hair at the back of her head After a thorough kissing, he released her She wobbled on her feet

“Bye, Caroline” His mum’s tone was heavy with amusement

Caroline touched her lips, then blinked hard as though to clear her head Josh sret this desire to be away fro time alone as she wobbled to the front door

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Caroline had forgotten that Josh’s father was ca roorumpy man She couldn’t even hide in her bedroom and pretend that her life hadn’t been invaded, because there was still no door to her room Instead she’d taken a bottle of water, a strip of aspirin and a box of chocolate chip cookies to bed and spent the night listening to Andrew McInnes snore and fart

It was delightful

Since the centre had been shut for the rest of the week, Caroline found herself without a purpose She’d wanted to curl up on her couch and read so about her life, but Andrew had beaten her to it Thenotes to the pages and jotting down anything he thought was irunt or bark a laugh Once he shouted, “You’ve got to be kidding me! These woain

Byoverrun by McInnesroom to tell Josh’s father that he’d overstayed his welcome Instead the back door opened and Josh walked in like he owned the place