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g the shit out of a guy who she’d said wouldn’t let her leave the bathroom

She screwed the cap on her nail polish bottle, careful of her fingers

“You were painting your nails?”

“What else was I supposed to do while I was stuck in here?” She stood in front oflooped over her shoulder

“I don’t know Maybe leave?” I wrapped er around her arm and pulled her toward the front door

The guy who I’d nearly knocked out stood across the living room “Sorry about that, man”

“Always the redheads,” heback down the halle’d cleared The bathrooot out the front door

The walk to my car was in dead silence It was already late and Jules had to be wondering where the hell I was

“Alexis, I could’ve killed that guy in there”

“Unlikely Maybe a black eye or so”

I tightenedwheel “And you think that would be okay? So day and we fuck that long day up even more”

“You’re overreacting Thank you for coet me” She blew on her nails

“Are you serious right now?”

She jumped at the boouy was I figured , so I freaked and ran into the bathroom”

“For hours”