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“The way you said it, I was expecting soly took the drink froood few inches between us

I grabbed the rele fucking channel Between this and the text that still hadn’t been acknowledged, I was ready to give up

“God, did you hear about that?” muttered Mia “Poor woman And her husband, how horrible must this be for him?”

“Yep”

Mia turned toabout it will help you feel better”

I shook ether would be gone

“How about a movie?” I jumped up and raced over to the bookshelf where I kept my stack of DVDs “The Professional or Usual Suspects?”

Mia shrugged Her green eyes tilted to the floor “Whichever I don’t mind,” she said sullenly

She tried to hide the fact that she was upset I didn’t want to talk to her But what the hell was I going to say?

Hey, yeah I ith Melinda when she died, and by the way, I’ve been an escort for the last eight years By the hy the fuck haven’t you e?

She made it clear she didn’t want co impossible

Chapter Twenty-Two

I spenteveryone

Nic had called, and so had Beth, but I hadn’t felt up to talking to either of theone to work before I left my room, then calculated what time she would be home so I could be sure not to be there The plan kind of fell off track when she arrived home earlier than I’d expected on day two

“Hey” She s down next to me on the sofa “I orried about you”