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More specifically, the art of iional differences in culture, the ability to blend in… And nothing topped walking into a situation where I was the outsider and ending up owning the entire roo with Finn and Eric at auto shows We’d been stealing cars for as long as we’d been able to drive, and the smaller, exclusive events were the best Not that I didn’t enjoy massive spectacles like the Geneva International Motor Show, the one in Frankfurt, or NAIAS in Detroit, but they were essentially tourist attractions in comparison

The perfect auto show displayed twenty cars It was invite-only, and the guests made millions in their sleep They wiped their asses with e The woer than their husbands orked in the oil business or in crypto currencies Entering a rooave me, because I had to sell it I had to becoet invited to their vacation ho, or the car they were interested in selling, or the yacht they just wanted the world to see

They were old mine Once you were in, you were set for life They always had so you could steal

If I was brutally honest with aveanother identity, I could be anyone I could have a wife, a husband, four kids, no kids—I could be happily in love I could belong to someone

As I inhaled the fragrance again, I kneithout an ounce of doubt that I could become Shannon’s anony as I’d been alive I’d barely even fantasized about it because… I mean, it just hadn’t been on the radar At all

Noas more than a fantasy It was a decision entirely up to me

It was both terrifying and exhilarating Al some trust…but at the same time, what if I could make it better? What if I could push hiht now, Shan accepted affection as the role of father and grandfather He hugged Finn tightly whenever they saw each other He hugged me too He was quick to offer Emilia a break and carry around baby Ryan As soon as Autu, Shan was there too, at her side, ready to co out But as a man…? The one

Would it be so fucking bad if I tried to reawaken him? He’d never knoas uy, maybe I could make him remember what it was like Intimacy Closeness Sex Passion The latter of which he’d specifically said he hadn’t shared with Grace

My heart began pounding, and before I could talk ne I’d tried and headed to the register

“Nessa!” I called “Tio”

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