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Saers in mine and kissed ht I don’t always kno to get out of my oay”

I cast a quick glance at our joined fingers “I know that feeling too But I think we all deserve to be happy Even you, Sam Rooney”

“Hmm”

Silence

Car silence anyway Wham! serenaded us with a sad tale of last Christe the subject, but I’d overstepped all sorts of boundaries and I couldn’t let it go now

“For what it’s worth, I think you’re a wonderful father Lincoln is a well-adjusted, intelligent young aze in ave in and shot hi?”

“Nothing I’m just…thank you”

“You’re welcome”

When silence settled again, it was cal and easy

The way it was between old friends

We chatted idly about the changing scenery in between occasional sing-alongs as we traveled north on the 395 The cityscapes ell behind us This section of the thoroughfare o lanes wide, dotted withcattle and the Sierra Nevadalow, hinting at inco weather

“This song is the stuff of night the volume on the radio

I snickered “No, it’s not It’s fun! Sing-along nuot run over by a reindeer…’ ”

“Nope I can’t listen to it without worrying about poor Grand,” Saer?”

“Forty-five minutes or less”

“Cool The owner said he’d meet me at the cabin with the keys I’ll text him to let him knoe’re close Think we’ll beat the storm?”