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“You found out about the Mindy thing” In the twenty yards it took for hiument

“Yep Well done You sure fooled me”

“Fooled you?” He sits beside me and reaches for my hand but I pull away

“Cut the shit I know you’ve been parading me around in front of Mindy and her fa than me”

“Do you seriously believe that’s why you’re here?” He has the audacity to look shaken

“I inand I’m all over you like a rash I make you feel special Important I make you feel beautiful”

There’s a tremor in my voice “And then you find out, and suddenly you’re left wondering if it was real”

“You being here has nothing to do with Mindy At all”

“But she’s the Tall Blondie you broke up with after the ht? She’s the one we talked about in bed thisold heartbreak Why didn’t you just tell ?” I put my hands over my face and lean my elbows on my knees

Josh turns sideways in his seat “We were in bed, and you were just starting to look at me like you didn’t hate me And she’s not my heartbreak”

I cut hi a rent-a-date, but you really should have been clear with me up front That was a dickyou’d do so like this”

Josh’s urgency is growing He puts his hand on ently toward him We stare into each other’s eyes

“I wanted you here because I alant you with me I don’t care that she’s just married Patrick It’s ancient history to , and ruin the moment? I kne you’d react Just like this”

“You’re da dragon “Didn’t I specifically ask you if there was any touchy subject I needed to know about, so I’d be forewarned? You could have told o Not now”

“You would never have agreed to come under those circumstances, had you known You would have refused to believe this weekend could be anything more than an act Whatever your reaction, it wouldn’t have been good”