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“You planning on starting your own team?” I ask

“Nah, she says this is the last call”

“Yeah, I can’t blaaet three your first time”

“I know Try not to h, huh? The hor”

“I don’t envy you Thethose ninenancy

“That’s an understate like a late-night trip to some random location” The smile on his face tells me he loves it Or maybe it’s just Liv he adores so h, they deserve this blissful existence

“When are you letting the baby out of the bag?”

“Whenever she wants to I defer to her My faet it I’m a little older and ca anywhere They should know that by now As far as I’et over it”

“Hold on to her,bond

“Still can’t believe howas in front of me”

“No, I think you both needed time to heal I mean, you’d both been betrayed in a horrific fashion So hiuttedI could do but lend him a shoulder to cry on

“Are we talking about me or you?” he asks

I shrug “Maybe a bit of both”

“I won’t push you, but I want to be sure I let you know I’ht, you can pick up that phone, and I’ll be there on the other end You haven’t been yourself, and that worries ently

My throat constricts, and I s Me too