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"It sounds both slightly flattering but at the sa I really don't know It's your call What does your gut say about how to deal with him?"

I exhaled "My gut says to suck up to him Maybe I should really lay it on thick"

I revised the letter, adding on how glad I was to have hi professor, that I read all his papers on the subject matter and felt honored to have his input I truly felt that way, so it wasn't a lie

I was totally crushed that he thought my paper was only worth a B+ Maybe that would be fine for an undergraduate course, but not at the PhD level

Luke read the final letter over and I took in a deep breath and sent it off

"There goes nothing," I said and closed my laptop "I wish I could have a beer instead of this," I said and held up my bottle of lime soda

"Once you're done breastfeeding, you’ll be free to get tipsy if you want on date night, which I ileam in his eye, like he enjoyed my enforced sobriety

"We'll both be exhausted for the first year, I expect That's what Dana said about having baby Jah, Eric wasn't too tired to screw around on her"

"Speaking of Eric," Luke said after a long pull on his beer "I never told you, but I ca me from across the street I went to hio to hell, in as many words So I had soot back a report on the uess who hired him"

"Not Eric," I said,"Why would Eric hire someone to follow you?"

"I honestly have no idea What could Eric possibly want to know about ht that maybe Eric wanted to know my daily routine so he could hire a hitman and knock me off, or maybe knohen I was in the office so he could confront one so he could have someone break in and steal stuff"

"Do you think he wants revenge? It was because of you seeing hiirlfriend or escort or whatever she was that he and Dana split"

Luke shrugged "Could be He may just want to hurt me in some way Whatever the case, I had Pete send a letter to hiorder if he kept it up"

"Good He's a bastard I feel bad for Dana that she's on her own, but she's better off without hiroithout his father in the house It's hard on young kids to not have their father around or a father figure in their lives Maybe Dana will meet someone soon and James will have a stepfather"

"Maybe," Luke said "She doesn't have a good track record picking men, so I'm not that optimistic"