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That wasn’t the first time I’d felt claustrophobic here There’d been plenty of tis beca hts I’d end up curled in a ball on the very couch where she now sat, with a bottle of wine, doingto Malcol to wrap my head around

“Well, I ht you would But I guess now I’ you from your house”

I turned to look at her, but she looked down at her cup as she took another drink

“Okay, what’s going on?”

“What are you talking about?”

“You heard ? You’ve been uncharacteristically nice toto be a little unsettling” Shawn crawled away, and I got up from my spot on the floor to sit on the other couch

“What are you talking about? Why do you always think I’ainst you?”

“Seriously, Dorian?”

She rolled her eyes in response My phone started ringing just as I was going to question her more I headed into the kitchen to retrieve it from the counter A flurry of nervous activity started in my stomach when I saw Malcolm’s number on my screen

“Hello”

“Good eous”

I s”

“Any reason I shouldn’t be?”

For hiht I struggled to sleep I spentI couldn’t shake the feeling into happen I didn’t know if it was becausethat happened with Malcolm or what I had been nervous the whole time Macy was over, and had been thankful our conversations never turned to Mal I hated feeling so unsettled and completely off kilter

“Guess not” I leaned back against the counter and watched as Dorian got down on the floor to read to Shawn “So, what’s up?”