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There was a knock on the door, and then Zeke walked in Miue Toby ran around in excited circles barking, and Cameron did a double take “You look like a spy,” he said in awe

“Thanks” Zeke winked at her and Miue

“You look very…elegant,” she said for lack of a better word The truth was Zeke looked beautiful A white tux and black pants were enough toHe held an unlit cigar in one hand

“Don’t worry,” he said, following her gaze “It’s a prop I don’t intend to srinned and she had to practically roll her tongue back inside her mouth

She tried to co that held her lipstick and cell phone “Ready when you are,” she said cheerfully

Zeke placed his elbow out, leaving Mimi no choice but to accept his escort She placed her ar Bogey’s rough and sexy voice

Oh, boy Mi to end up very badly Or very, very good

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Bunco was at Kitty and Steve Pappas’s house Last year, Shea and Moose Masterson had hosted and Kitty had gone into labor a feeeks early Her water had broken in the ame Luckily for everyone, Nate Miller had been there and he and Lauren had driven with Steve and Kitty to the hospital with the rest of the group following in their cars But Kitty’s labor had been fast and furious, ending with a birth on the side of the road Nate wasn’t an OB GYN, but he was a doctor and he’d delivered babies in his residency, so all had ended well (except for Kitty not getting her epidural, of course)

Everyone was laughing about it now Including Steve, who Mi to pass out from stress Baby Amanda was now a year old and the apple of her daddy’s eye

They

were taking a break froaze off Zeke He weaved in and out of other people’s conversations sea a few of his own He was charht in As he should These weren’t just her friends, they were his friends, too What had started out as a potentially aard night was fast beco time It was like the two of them had never spent time apart

“I’ain,” Pilar said She wore a long white goith gold sandals and bracelets on her upper arms Nick, her husband, was totally into the role of Marc Antony, although he looked ladiator than Roman nobility

Minature drink of the night “We’re here together, but we’re not together,” she told Pilar, who made a face at the news

“I wish you tould get your act together First you’re separated, then you’re not and then you are Make up your h Mimi suspected she’d already had one too many martinis