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“I’et your warm up shots done before I co onto the court and stealing the ball away fro, as I spun to make an easy layup

“I gave that to you,” he said, strolling down the court “Make it, take it,” he said, as I passed hi on the court filled the air as other games went on around us

“Fine with me,” I said, and watched as the ball sailed over h the net “I wasn’t ready,” I said, grabbing the ball and checking it back to him

“And since when have you ever played fair?” he asked, dribbling the ball “So, what’s the deal? What’s going on with you? You’re Mr Secretive all of a sudden” I stole the ball fro to steer

the conversation away from myself and his questions Gri kind of guy ouldn’t be okay withup the past

“I’ s”

“Ah Mistress Francesca,” he said, chuckling

“Don’t let her hear you call her that, or she’ll have you strapped doith a flogger on your ass in no ti another easy three-point shot

“Proru for her And he blew his chance

“What?” I stopped dribbling the ball

“Nothing I didn’t say anything,” he said, holding his hands up I knew about hiet wo other than a great round of sex, asms than a woirlfriends We weren’t cut out for anything o for whah she did own a sex club

“I hope not You know she’s off li the ball into his sto She was like a sister toout Oh shit “Sorry ed out frolare

“What the fuck,to touch Frankie? Like she’d leteven more of an asshole than usual?”

I grabbed a seat on the bench and took a slug of water, and a deep breath

“I have her digging to find outout at the bleachers across the gy up and people filed out of the gym