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“Are you going to do this all on your own? Where’s Zara?”

“She’s leaving for Australia in three weeks” I tossed the ball in the air

“And you want to start a business instead of following her? What the hell are you thinking? After everything you two—”

“I want to build so she’d be proud of”

“You’re planning on doing this all on your own?”

I looked at hiht ask for a little help”

“Are you guys sure you want to do this?” I looked at the desk that had taken over theset up”

“Soers in air quotes “How the hell was this thing li at all?”

Ja a little harsh, but, fucking hell, these books are a mess”

The balloon was being pricked fro out Maybe this had been a mistake Maybe Zara would be cool with an unemployed and unemployable boyfriend

August squeezed my shoulder “But that doesn’t mean it can’t be fixed”

I squeezed the ure out It’s mine”

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