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“Where’s your roo?”

“A friend of hers came to town yesterday for a work conference She and Dorian went out for dinner or soht or if she’ll be hanging with her at the W”

“When does she close on her house?”

“Teeks or so, I think Not really sure” I glanced back at the er, kiddo Bedtime soon”

“No Play”

“Yeah, mommy We want to play”

“Really, Mal?”

“What? I’et him some more time”

“Are you going to help h sleep?”

Malcol with Shahich here ht It waswith Shawn; it felt like a distraction He’d not been acting like hiestive comments No closeness or attempts to touch me Hell, he’d seemed almost reluctant to come over when I’d invited him to dinner

I kneere at a strange place when he dropped ht out, one I’d ht—well I wasn’t sure what I thought—but I felt like it’d been resolved I’d tried to make sure he understood my reaction wasn’t about him directly Our relationship seee I didn’t knohat I expected, but I never i friends with him was easy We just worked I didn’t have to think about it, and I didn’t have to worry about doing or saying so But now there was so much at stake

I finished offMalcol my presence, raked on my already sensitive nerves

“I’ to take him up now”

“All right Guess I’ll head out then”

I picked up Shaho instantly started throwing a fit, trying to wiggle out of my arms “Can you wait a minute?”