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"Do you know the dance?" I asked

"No, but" He shrugged those great shoulders of his

"Line dancing is still above o dance"

He s "Are you sure?" he asked

"I'ave hi to move, and he ran out to put hi beside a woman who seemed to know the dance perfectly He watched herin perfect ti

me as if he'd known the dance forever I'd seen him do it before, but it never ceased to impress me

Micah had moved down to be closer to Tomas as the boy talked Micah didn't kneel, but balanced on the balls of his glossy leather dress shoes so that To taller would e, and apparently that hat Micah wanted I trusted him to make the most of their quiet corner talk

The grooh it was a little too blond to be natural Nothing wrong with that, but I alondered why people who dyed their hair chose colors just slightly off natural most of the time so that they fooled no one The base she'd chosen e to me; maybe it was a spray tan, but surrounded by so many people ere actually Hispanic, the fake tan just looked fake She'd also chosen blue eye shadow to make her eyes look bluer, but it didn't work Even Elizabeth Taylor hadn't been able to pull off chalk-blue eye shadow, and if Liz Taylor couldn't do it, it couldn't be done

"Are you wearing a gun, Ms Blake?"

"Why do you ask?" I asked, s

She did not smile back "It was seen when yourboyfriend dipped you on the dance floor"

I didn't like the way she hesitated over the word boyfriend, but I forced otten hter; I could be pleasant

I fought the urge to s attracts attention to a concealed carry like constantly touching it "Well, then, Ms Conroy, you know the answer to your question, don't you?"

"It's Mrs Conroy; I have no desire to be a Ms anything"

"I do prefer Ms, but have it your way, Mrs Conroy"

"I'd like you to take the gun off and leave it with the coats, please"

I s to keep it up in my eyes "I'm sorry, but I can't do that"

"Can't, what do you mean you can't?"

"I can't hand over irl like it's a purse"