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“What did you do?”

“Who ” The frown on her face got bigger “Don’t bla you not celebrate your birthday again”

She laughed “Your sister is very bossy”

“You picked her as your friend I didn’t get a choice in having her be my sister”

“So, this is my fault then?”

“Yeah, pretty much”

Chapter 20

Calida

Walking intoall day with Malcolm and our fah I was being watched How’s Calida doing? Is she s around Malcol relationship questions, they all assu in with Mal It was exhausting to keep up with everything they expected fro self-conscious about how much I drank after the comment Malcolm made

Shawn squir a kiss on his nose, I repositioned hi up the stairs He was getting so big, and he seeht when he slept

Dorian was coot back downstairs All I wanted to do was curl up on the sofa with a glass of wine and enjoy the silence, so I prayed she wasn’t in a talkative mood

“Hoas the cookout?”

“Good Sorry you missed it”

She rolled her eyes “You are such a crap liar”

I walked over to the bar, grabbed a bottle of Chardonnay frolasses “I’ll work on that”