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I watch as she disappears into the house Her kiss is still warm on my lips, and I can still feel her body next to mine, the scent of her hair all around me

She says I’ she is to me I’m not sure hoe come back from that kiss I’m not sure I want to…

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Ruby

“It’s official I’m my oorst eneers on my forehead

“I feel like we’ve been here before… Just a week ago, actually” Drew is sitting behind her desk, typing her client notes into her computer I’ve watched her do it a thousand times

This ht to her office after I dropped Lillie off at preschool

As soon as Lillie was up, I had her dressed and out the door We drove to the only McDonald’s in Oakville and had Egg McMuffins Suck it, Eleanor Then on the way out, I picked up two more ketchup packets so Lillie wouldn’t tell where we ate

The last thing I wanted was to buht God, that kiss… My toes still curl at the ue… not just that, his arers His voice when he sings I had to go straight to the shower and turn the cold water on full force…

“Now I’ small children with ketchup packets”

“I can’t even begin to guess what that al pad closed and turns her attention to me “Make it fast Hunter will be here in fifteen minutes”

“Oh, screw Hunter and his Watergate stories!” I’ot a real problem One that doesn’t involve Richard Nixon or the Cubans”

Hunter is one of our shared clients—or I guess, was one of our shared clients They’re all Drew’s now He has a paranoid obsession with government surveillance

Her lips press into a knowing smirk and she nods “You slept with Remi”

“Nooo!” I flop onto tomy face in my hands “But I would have I sure as hell wanted to It’s only a matter of time before I do it, and then I’ve blown the whole deal”