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“He wasn’t like that at all My grandparents didn’t even tell hie They lived in a normal house in the suburbs But on the weekends they’d corandfather told my dad it was his boss’s house and they were allowed to use it But he didn’t drop the fact that randfather was the boss So my dad had a pretty norrandfather’s nas”
“Had to be a shock” Even rich families had their secrets
“It was He didn’t do the same to us, plus my mom never would’ve settled for ahouse and the even bigger parties But anytime my dad came out here I’d come with him The cattiness of all this”—she waved her hand at the couples and groups slances, or checking over their shoulders every couple ofpaid attention to—“was so I was more than happy to escape”
“With the food you make, you should’ve been the queen bee of your own little domain”
A sharp exhale shot through her lips “Showing up with chocolate and carbs in this crew is right up there with drowning puppies in a shallow creek Baking did not ave my treats to teachers and the staff at school Mythem in the house for more than twenty-four hours, so it kind of beca away And once ot a far-off look and I hurt for that little girl who had wanted to do so that made her feel closer to her dad and had had it taken away by the one person who should’ve done anything to help her during that tiood parent
“After one, I didn’t do it as much as I would’ve liked, which is why even with how terrible my house is, the kitchen e I told Elle the landlord had paid for it”
“Why didn’t you tell her?”
“She’d have insisted on splitting the cost and she was strapped for cash I didn’t want her to feel bad about it, so I did it”
“Look at you keeping secrets I had no idea, Julienne Fries”
She let out a stuttering laugh and finished the rest of her drink “Just so you knoe have a roolass like she was bracing herself
“No proble on the floor I’m sure even that will be nicer than some of the places I’ve slept”
Her eyes widened and she waved her hands “No, I can sleep on the floor or on the couch I invited you”
“Coht be a jock, but I’ on the floor or the couch, especially when you’re supplying lasses fro server’s tray
“We’ll figure it out e get back to the room I’ll head to the bathroolass I handed her and handed it right back, laughing at my slack jawed face
“It’s not like it’s straight vodka” With her costu, she headed toward the bathrooms