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“Coet to talk much at dinner And Sunday, between ured you’d be busy yesterday, so I waited till today”

Shawn crawled away, abandoning the puzzle in favor of Legos “Macy, what are you talking about?”

“Lunch withup with Malcolm before they headed back”

Ah, now I understood why she started the conversation like that “No I, um, I didn’t have lunch with them”

I didn’t even know about a lunch Then again, how could I since I’d been avoiding talking to him

“Huhokay what’s the deal? Mitch has been tellingon”

IShawn stack the chunky plastic blocks, buying myself time She was on Malcol her I flaked out on him

“Lee?”

“Mace, it’s nothing And before you ask, no, he didn’t do anything”

“I didn’t iine the tension between you two”

“Macy—”

“No, Lee Listen, I was a terrible friend to you” She paused, and it sounded as if she was getting emotional on the other end “While I would love to be able to officially call you sister, what I want more is for you to be happy Really happy But I don’t knowI a this vibe that you aren’t”

“Macy, you were never a terrible friend We’ve been over that, water under the bridge and all as the saying goes” I tried to keepmyself to not take that trip down memory lane “And it’s not that I’h it”

She sniffed I was right; she was getting e a dick, kick hihed

“He’s not And please, please stop giving him a hard time over me Please”