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“Does she usually call you or vice versa?” I asked When faced with verbal ninja moves, respond in kind

“I always call She usually answers or gets back to me”

“What happened over the weekend?”

“I left a e” Blaine brushed non-existent dust off the ar”

“So did you go to her place?” Patience

Blaine’s expression crumpled “I don’t knohere she lives,” he admitted

I had read that Blaine was divorced, so the next question would be tougher

“What about her mother?”

“What about her?” His tone invoked the sound of thunder

“Does she have a good relationship with her mother?”

Blaine shook his head like a wet dog “I don’t know We don’t talk about her If you knew my ex, you’d understand why”

What a guy

“I’ll need to talk to herout to be as much fun as a DIY root canal

Blaine released a breath with Arctic warmth “Fine,” he said, and offered up his ex-wife’s eh it were a state secret

When I asked about other close relatives, Blaine claimed there were none