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“Don’t you dare,” I say Soo

“So when do I get to see the fa you’re the fighter that she ca for What does that make you, Sam? Like, a treasure hunter?”

“It et out of here We’ve got to work on the story”

Lacey wipes her mouth daintily with a napkin “I can’t wait I’ll ride with you two”

“That’s fine,” says Hugh, and I can’t help but wonder what he’s thinking Is he into her? Is everything we’ve done just a fling for him? I mean, I knee both knew--that it wouldn’t last forever, I think, but is he discarding me in front of me?

Soon we’re headed back to the cabin with Lacey chattering a mile a minute She thinks there are too h have any sunscreen? How does he ets lost? How often does he take women back to his “lair?” What’s the tallest tree in the world? She has also recently heard on a podcast that trees can talk to each other and she see about her

Hugh takes this all in stride He doesn’t say es with his elbohen she really gets going, and it all see that so

When we get to the cabin she screa it’s the most perfect place she has ever seen

By the tih locks the door behind us she has already found the wine and poured three glasses “Don’t worry,” she says, “I’ll be entertaining enough to pay you back for the wine”

I bet you’d like that I think, feeling petty and jealous, though nothing has really happened yet

I take Lacey up toof it as my room--when she says she has to pee As soon as we’re up there she closes the door and locks it “So what’s going on?” she hisses “Are you two fucking? Oh my God, he’s so hot, and I think he looks really faure it out He’s so hot! You’re so lucky!”

I’ the way she thinks I should, because she suddenly sits back, crosses her ar that face? You are totally weirding me out, are you mad I came?”

“No, it’s justwe’ve been doing so well that I--”

“And nohat? It’s all ruined because I’m here? I just wanted a little break I et ht youbetween you and the love of your life!”

“He’s not the love of my life”