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“Sorry about your date,” she apologized

“You should be It looked like tonight was going to be the night,” Chu grumbled

“Sorry,” Pro sympathized “Now I really do feel bad”

“Well, ant to try for an actual relationship, so there will be other chances Good night, Pro”

“‘Night, Tom,” she said and shut the door after him

She erator It wasn’t close to being as tall as her, coe bottle of white wine, grabbed a jelly jar from the dish rack, and filled it full of wine She drank half the glass in one shot She refilled the jar, put the cork back into the wine, and returned the bottle to the fridge

She walked to the other roo it in her small closet She moved the seat cushions and pulled the frame to unfold the bed

When she opened it, sitting atop the neatly folded sheets was revealed a red sponge of some kind Pro reached down and touched it It was a little smaller than her hand, and the shape was an outline of a rabbit

Her father had done this when she was little, hidden sponge rabbits in her things Sometimes in her bed, sometimes in her shoe—all different places When she was little, she asked why he did it

“Because I love you, pumpkin, and when you see the rabbit, it reminds you that I do”

She couldn’t help but smile, then shook her head in a to influence her after what he’d just pulled

She removed her service weapon and took off her harness, which she hung fro metal box and set the three small dials to the correct numbers She opened the box and placed it on the bed, then quickly azine She went to place the azine in the box when she saw a piece of paper

Frowning, she pulled the paper out Scrawled on it was this:

Sorry for the trouble

I really do love you