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“Now, back to you,” she said, s down the short strands of my hair

Gently, I took her hand to stop that action, and then leaned over to rest my head on her shoulder

“I’m okay, Mom”

She put her arm around me “You don’t seem okay In fact, you seem rather upset You wanna talk about it?”

“Hey, what happened with Dorian?” Dad asked, walking back into the room

Moain”

Dad chuckled and shook his head He walked over, and sat Shawn in onna do withtoward the kitchen

I gave Shawn a tight squeeze I wanted to go home and spend the rest of the day alone, but I’d told Malcolm we’d come over

I spent another hour at my parents’ house Dorian even calanced down at my watch By the tiet to Malcolo early I’m sure he wouldn’t care I called Mal to let him knoe’d be over soon As expected, he was happy about our pending arrival

Chapter 5

Malcolm

“There’s my man”

I ier when I opened the door He squealed in delight When I reached up to close the door, Ginger flinched, al for impact I tried not to let her reaction bother ht

She stepped away and turned to face the floor-to-ceiling s in the living room I kept the blinds open most of the time so I could take in the city view

“This place fits you perfectly Twenty-four-hour concierge, noto miss it?”