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They went their separate ways and Lefty steeled himself to keep shit between him and Gia

neutral He found her talking to Ardy and a few other old ladies “Hey, you ready? I talked to P”

“Yes” She nodded her head and eyed him curiously

He ignored her eye probing “Ladies, good to see you”

“You too, Lefty,” they chorused

He nodded his head toward the exit and turned, trusting Gia to follow He heard the sound of her footsteps hurrying over the ground to keep up with him

“Are you mad at me?” she asked

“I’m not mad, I’m just done When you decide you’re ready to do this, you can let me know

Until then, I’ you down I laid out my terms, you don’t want to accept them As far as I’m concerned, you’ve had plenty of time to adjust”

“Lefty, it’s not like that”

He continued his silence as they returned to her cage

“Colm” She pressed her hand to his shoulder

He stilled in front of the driver’s side door

“It’s got nothing to do with you and everything to do with my head I know it may seem to

be taking forever, but I a on it”