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Taking oneinside, I dropped a wad of bills on the counter, told the tide of people swar for free platters of tacos

Liv watched it all, staying mostly clear of the mayhem

I popped outside through the mob and joined her on the sidewalk

“Sorry, I didn’t think about ould happen if people recognized you” She nibbled on her lower lip

“Don’t worry about it That’s not how things usually go for me”

“You’ve had one of the best seasons in recent one, and not just on the sports segular news too”

I draggedinto the background

“We should probably go You don’t want ure out you’re here You are a celebrity, after all” She held out her phone Social ed the account the team had required me to make I only had two posts, a picture of a hockey puck and ed Liv’s phone continuously

“Let’s go” I put my hand on her shoulder and ducked my head until we turned the corner

“That back there doesn’t happen to you often?” She thuer toward the crowd

I shook my head “Not even a little bit The bar by oes in there I tend to be a homebody beyond that”

“Maybe that’s why Col faht about it before” Her eyebrows furrowed, and she kept her hands in her pockets

The mention of his name should have thrown a cold bucket of water over my head, but it didn’t We stepped up to the entrance of her apartue I opened my mouth, and my phone buzzed in my pocket at the same time hers went off She reached for hers, and I took mine out

“It’s Grant,” we said at the same time I responded to his text, and she answered his call

“Yes, that was , we ran into each other Just grabbing some food It wasn’t a date Someone in the crowd shouted that out”