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My food had turned cold, so I dumped it

“Why is that so hard to believe?” she asked, taking a seat next to Shawn on the Persian rug She put the train track pieces together, only to have hi as he did so

“Maybe because you’ve never done it You saw me in the hospital once and that was because Moot here You caain, to the hospital, after I had Shawn When you come to visit, we only see each other at Mo

“You’re so different now,” Dorian co Shawn to come stand near me as I swept up the floor

“Why? Because I no longer let you walk all over me?”

“I never—”

I shot her a look that made her clamp her lips shut on that denial

“Fine With , I’ll need a job, so you need to officially hire s at Jokobi Enterprises”

I stoppedher words sink in “Did you just ask ht about how much that must have pained her

“Not exactly You already useyou pay for them”

“So…then yes, you are askingyour services out of so that” I didn’t bother to mask the sarcasm in my voice

“Oh, stop being so drah her hair “It’s a in for us both Being on the payroll, you’ll have someone at the office every day tolooked after instead of s”

I let out a slow, audible exhale as I finished sweeping I carried the dustpan to the trash, dulanced at the clock on the microwave; it was only nine am What a way to kick offabout his trains He handed one to Dorian and the other toback to theup some of the scattered toys

“So, you’ll call HR and let them know to add me to the payroll?”