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“You got the squeeze and rock” Avery whistled “That means you’ll never be rid of her She’s like a wart you can’t freeze off now”

Max let go ofher s replaced,” she challenged

“I’d be happily dethroned, if it ”

“Hoas I supposed to know that’s what you tere doing under that desk?”

The laughing fest only grew froround the ache was still there I’ain

We got to work and Max came back to steal food after one of her clients left the shop

The cashier poked her head through the door “You’ve got a visitor”

“Not again” Max thren her donut

Avery and I looked at each other Max had been a steel trap, locked up like Fort Knox about who her tall, dark, and handsolare or a growl

“Not you, Max It’s for Jules”

I wiped my hands on my apron My heart thundered in my chest As hard as it would be to face hih the door, I scanned the space beyond the door cases and my eyes widened

“Laura? What are you doing here?”

She had her hands clasped in front of her “You usually recorded on a Tuesday, so I took a chance that you’d be here I’ve beento come by for a while”

“What do you want to try?”

“You can pick I’m sure you know better than me”