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I cleared ain about earlier”

She flipped a wrist “It’s okay So that was”

“You have nothing to be embarrassed about,” I said quickly

“Just the fact thatfor her beer

I frowned “The girls have no fucking filter”

She smiled at me sideways “That’s what they said about you”

“Oh yeah?”

“Yes They told s about you when they came over today”

Groaning, I tipped up my beer “Like what?”

“Ohhh, how grumpy you are, how much you snore”

“Assholes,” I muttered

“They also mentioned how hairy you are and that you swear too much”

“That is a fucking lie”

She laughed—an adorably girlish little giggle—and said, “I told them about the swear jar my sisters and I used to make my dad put money into whenever he cursed”

“I heard about it,” I grumbled “Thanks a lot”

“You ht—his name is Declan MacAllister, but everyone calls him Mack”

“I don’t think so,” I said, sort of glad I hadn’t had to look her father in the eye tonight “So how are you related to Chip again?”

“We’re actually not blood-related, but I consider hiical mom is April Sawyer, and my stepmom—who’s been married to my dad since I was four—is Frannie Sawyer They’re sisters”

“Oh” I stared out into the dark for aevents from the year I’d met Chip He’d h school and we’d hit it off right away We were both on the baseball tea that year, not only because our record was so good but because Tyler Shaw—the recently retired MLB pitcher and h school—had co staff

“That was pretty fucking wild, discovering that our coach was actually Chip’s biological dad,” I said, “not to mention that it was Tyler Shaw”

Winnie nodded “Yeah I was too young to knoas going on at the time, but I’ve heard the story”

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