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He sat forward, studying the two of the he’d allowed himself to sink into

“What’s going on? What happened?” he asked, ready to get up and go find whoever had upset them

At one in the

Gabrielle looked at Marie, as though waiting for her to tell him As if it was Marie’s story to tell Which meant

“It’s the med student, isn’t it? What’d he do?”

Marie’s lower lip started to quiver

“He has so to be studying tonight, so Marie agreed to cover for a coworker anted the night off,” Gabrielle said “As it turns out they were slow and Marie got off early She made jerk face’s favorite coffee drink and took it over to his place to surprise him”

“He waswith the girl I was covering for at work”

Now he understood the edge Marie was carrying It hadn’t been about the hour of his visit, or him at all “They knew you wouldn’t find out because they ht with heartache, wondering what on earth he was supposed to say to her

This hy he could never even think about getting involved with either one of them He’d rather die than be the cause of that look on Marie’s face

And then it occurred to hiht?”

Marie and Gabrielle exchanged a glance One of those glances The ones that left him out in the cold

“You’re gorgeous, Marie That blond hair and brown eyes”

“I’m too short”

She was shorter than Gabrielle, as long and leggy, but— “You are definitely not too short”