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“So domesticated,” Dex quipped as I set the plates on the table

A sharp retort burned on ue but I wanted to be respectful, so I held back

When the coffee finished, I set everything on the kitchen table and sat with them

Dex took a quick sip of his coffee, then set thedoith a harsh clunk “So tellabout this situation?”

I rolled my eyes at the ho off Juliet I couldn’t ith this dude

“We aren’t doing anything,” I answered “I’ets out on bail”

“You go at it stupid, cops will cart you off to jail next” He glanced at the stairs “Then who’s gonna look after Juliet?”

He had a point

“Cops see about it too,” I re reputation”

Murphy chuckled and glanced away, like he couldn’t believe my audacity

“We’ll co the jab at his club “One that doesn’t land either of us behind bars”

“They’ll probably hold hilanced at Dex and lifted an eyebrow “We know people—”

“No,” I cut him off “He’s mine to deal with”

If anyone was going to snuff the light out of that prick’s eyes, it would be me

Chapter Fifty-One

Juliet

I spent a few days at ho, he called Dex and it was delivered to the house

“What do you think about a road trip?” he asked ht before I went back to school

“Where?”

He shrugged “Anywhere Everywhere” He cast a sideways look raduation, of course”

“Hoould you feel about selling the house?” I asked “We can go on the road Live like nomads for a while Then pick a place to settle down”

“What about college?”

“I can go to college anywhere”

“It’s your house I can’t tell you what to do with it”