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She wasn’t just standing there, she and Mal appeared to be having a conversation The look on his face made it clear it wasn’t friendly Mal looked at Mitch, who shook his head as he drank his beer The woe, since the first karaoke performer had started

“What the ever-lovin’ fuck? Is that the sae off, but I held her back She looked at rown a second head

“Can you not go over there guns blazin’?”

“Why the hell not?”

“Because I’irl”

She sht then, Sally Badass”

I wished I felt as confident as I sounded My heart rate increased, and my stomach filled with anxious flutters Not just over the idea of dealing with that woards to Malcol to her Did he know her? Had they hooked up at some point? Why hadn’t he sent her away?

The woman’s friend hit her arm when she spotted us Macy walked over to Mitch He wrapped his ars The woman turned and had a s past her The house ain while they waited on the next karaoke participant

Mal slid over as I approached so that I would take the seat between hiave me a look that was either relief or a plea for help

I turned to look her directly in the eye when I spoke, and hoped that the nerves wouldn’t be revealed in my voice “Not sure what your issue is, and I don’t really care I’ood tiest you take your thirsty ass elsewhere, because you won’t be getting a drink here”

Macy choked on her laugh “You said ‘thirsty’ I a off on you”

Mitch tried but failed to contain his own laughter “He told you to go on ‘bout your business”

I felt better hearing that Malcolm had told the wo to pursue a man that was clearly taken?

“Sasha, girl, let it go,” her friend said, trying to pull her away “It’s his loss, anyway”

The woivenbut a punk, anyway”