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“You’re not home sick You’re not an oil spot on the road I ured That you were doubled over with so you picked up at dinner, or that I’d been an idiot to let you drive hoed in a breath and told hi? Did you forget you wereme?”

“I didn’t forget” She folded her ar theize I should have phoned, I know”

“You know” Gray’s et a kick out of lettingthem up?”

Her spine stiffened “You have no right to say that”

“I have every right This is twice you’ve done this, lady How ive you to make an ass out of him?”

Anger flashed in her eyes “I don’t have to listen to this”

He caught hold of her arm “Yes, you do”

“Gray” She sank her teeth into her bottom lip and spoke quietly “Please, don’t make a scene”

“Yeah I’ll bet that’s what you count on” He let go of her and dug both hands into the pockets of his chinos “You give a ure he’ll just walk aith his tail between his legs”

It was a cruel thing to say, knohat he did about her husband He hated himself for it as soon as the words were out of his mouth but it was too late to call theiven a daround, teeth clenched, as she started to walk away and then he cursed, went after her and stepped out in her path She tried to dodge around him but he wouldn’t let her

“Okay Maybe that was pushing it, but—”

“It doesn’t matter”

“Dammit, it does matter Look, I’m sorry I said that, okay?”

Instead of trying to move past him, she stood still and put her hand on his ar,” she said, and sory, that the very first time she’d touched him it was in defense

“Let theruffly “I don’t care”