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“You look nervous as cat sitting in a roo around a toothpick

Brody stopped thulance

“You waiting for her to get back with John?” Jeb asked pointedly

“Who? Lou?” Brody chewed his fingernails

“Who else?” Jeb chuckled “I doubt it’s John who has your tail in such a twist”

“Actually, it’s both of them They just took off and didn’t say a word about when they would be back I had hoped to get to talk to Lou before I leave to go ho important”

“How important?” Jeb asked

“I’hed and reached into his back pocket, retrieving the envelope Lou had dropped in the liht before

He held it out to Jeb “Do you knohat this is about?”

Jeb accepted the envelope and opened it with his weathered old fingers “This looks like it’s her business, Brody”

“Not any more, Jeb I want it to be et to talk to her about it before I left today But then I acted like an ass and she took off with John”

Jeb chucked again and adjusted the toothpick in his mouth “That happens to all of us soet home for?”

“Work, Jeb I have a lot of work to catch up on” He ran a hand through his hair in frustration

“Is that really what you want?” Jeb asked candidly

Brody sighed “I don’t knohat I want, Jeb”