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Dammit

The day went on and I’d o over and see Sarah for an early lunch I figured since she was the only one working, the least I could do was to bring her so and sit with her

As I cranked the bike to check my work, I heard the buzzer on the door out front and then footsteps, more like the sound of heels onherself at hoood this time I stayed busy and expected Heather to approach, but then Nancy’s tinny voice sounded

“What a surprise to see you working” Nancy stood over me with a ss on them

By the ti himself beside me I’d asked him once before many years earlier to make sure I didn’t loselad he remembered

“What the hell are you doing here?” I glanced down to the little jacket and then lare

“You could be nicer, you know, since we’re co-parenting and all” She grinned like a reptile and I expected to see a forked tongue slip from her thin lips “Tani left this at my house after I specifically told her I wanted her to use it at school She needs a new jacket That tacky black nu apart”

“She has several jackets and if you knew her at all you’d know the black one is her favorite And it’s not falling apart, she distressed the deni creative with her clothes and I wasn’t about to do anything to stunt that part of her

“Whatever I need you to have a talk with her and let her know that when she’s with ue for a six-year-old and I get that you’re used to letting her be a brat, but I’ to tolerate it”

“I’ You wanted to be a ht now, you lay one hand on that child and I’ll snap it off like a fucking twig” I stepped closer, towering above her and glaring down into her sainst my chest

She took a step back and laughed “You’re threatening ht the smell of whiskey on her breath and heard the shop door open andfrom the distance

“You have the nerve to show up here after you’ve been drinking and talk about etting Tani I’ll put you in the fucking ground before that happens I lunged forward and she backed up laughing as Monk stepped in

“Hunter?” Sarah stepped in with a pink box in hand and a surprised look on her face

“Aeet She brought you so questionable girls around, huh?”

While I was fu over Nancy’s audacity, Sarah re her arlare