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I went back to eating, opting to not say anything If Ginger wasn’t going to correct her, it wasn’t et out of his high chair Ginger worked on freeing hiet hi me and Dorian alone

We’d interacted very little over the years Most of h Macy, who couldn’t stand Dorian, since she gave Ginger a hard time at every turn I don’t think I’d ever understand the dyna and cared about each other Dorian on the other hand had er shed countless tears I recalled the ti Dorian had done or said, and Macy would comfort her

An aard, uncomfortable silence settled between us It took effort to resist the urge to check one

Dorian was the first to speak “When do you close on your house?”

“End of next er’s birthday, actually”

She gave a short laugh “Ginger I didn’t think you still called her that”

“Yeah, I do It’s our thing, and she likes it”

Dorian nodded, taking a sip of her wine “I’m sure she does”

I couldn’t tell if she was being sarcastic, or if she was actually agreeing withme unable to question Dorian on it

“Sorry, I decided to go ahead and give hi slow and all” As soon as she put Shan he ran in my direction

“I need an opener for the garage I don’t want to keep parking outside,” Dorian said

Ginger i drink She kept her eyes trained on the re liquid when she spoke “It’s full”

“What’s full?”

As if in slowfirst at arage You can’t park in there”

“You have a four-car garage and only one car First, you stick arage Is this your way ofme feel as unwelcome as possible?”