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The fact that Nic and Jake had never questioned the cost of her involveht insurance was—Jake was a lawyer, and the cost of this trial was even beyond his means

It had crossedwas up, and maybe it was an informed decision not to ask me where the money came from If you don’t ask then you don’t know, and you can continue to go on oblivious to the situation Butparanoid

“Yeah, I had a client needing soent assistance Gotta be on the ball, always on call,” I grinned “Not like law, huh? You jokers never work”

Jake rolled his eyes atthe joke

“Oh that re to the cabin this weekend?” Nic asked, setting out a plate for me

I laughed “Of course You know I love that place And it gives me time to spend with the two little monsters” The two little monsters were two-year-old Marlie and five-year-old Tully I ht be biased, but in irls in the country

Both girls took after their father With their blonde hair and blue eyes, they looked nothing like reen-eyed sister—and she hated it

Not only did they look like Jake, they were stubborn and argumentative, just like Jake I could honestly say, based on experience, never get into an arguht you are, you’ll admit defeat just to shut her the hell up

“If they were ruray woolen suit jacket “New?” she asked I nodded “Shit, they must pay you well That’s Armani, isn’t it?” She leaned over and rubbed the fabric between her fingers

“Yeah A bonus for signing a big client,” I fibbed Not that far fro client

Even after paying for Mom’s acco loaded and I couldn’t even share that with h to think insurance paid that well I did have trusts set up for both girls I figured I had a good fifteen years to explain where that cash had come from

“Yeah,so at me

I laughed, knowing that if anyone could wipe out allfashion and could quite easily blow five figures in under an hour Thank god she had Jake to sup

port her habit, and thank god even y—I dreaded the day she discovered the world of online shopping

She and Jake hadher roommate, but when that turned sour, he and Nic had just sort of clicked Soether and just know they were meant to be That was Nic and Jake They’d found in each other what I knew I’d never find: love Could I make my life sound any more like a daytime movie? I swear I wasn’t that bad Well, maybe it was, but there were people ere far worse off than me