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She lifted her wineglass for a toast, and they all followed suit Logan could tell Seth’s sh he wasn’t sure how he knew Probably because Seth’s family were shit-bricks, and it must suck even more at Christmas

Angela said, “Here’s to Seth and Logan and your lovely little family I can’t wait to meet Connor this weekend” After she drank, she added, “And Logan, a little birdie tells me you baked your momma’s famous chocolate cake for dessert?”

“Oh, yeah I hope it doesn’t suck” He gulped too much of the red wine, which was a little sweet and went down easy “I mean, if my mom had made it, it definitely wouldn’t suck But I followed the recipe exactly”

He wondered what she would haveto be Seth’s boyfriend The only irin and the devilish spark in her blue eyes She would have played along really well

“It’s going to be delicious,” Seth said “IMan a wink, and then see red

It was adorable, and Logan grinned

“So, what do you do on the railway?” Angela asked him

The waran squeezed his fork, the re hiain, but for so, “Actually, I had a bad accident last year I can’t do that work any else, but…” But I’m a useless sack of shit

She gasped, and Dale ela said, “I’ar! Are you all healed up now?”

He didn’t feel like he’d ever be, but Logan said, “Mostly”

“Logan’s a veteran as well,” Seth said “He served a tour as a Marine I really thinkemployment”

“Thank you for your service,” Angela said to Logan very seriously “And I could not agree more, Seth Dale, an”

Oh, fuck no “I don’t want charity!” He shifted on Seth’s neooden chair, barely stopping hi back from the table “I can do honest work for honest pay” His face felt hot, and he wasn’t going to be able to breathe in a second

But Angela didn’t seem bothered by his outburst “I assure you it wouldn’t be charity I expect damn hard work from every one of my employees Or fro connections in Albany, and you never knohat jobs etting a foot in the door Then it’s up to you to walk through it and not get tossed out on your butt Imy company from my daddy on a silver platter But I’ve worked my tail off to expand it and make it even more of a success I will continue to work hard It ain’t charity”