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toward me so that I ca

refrain from leaving me more than one voicemail in the future. Your job is to

narrower in annoyance. He types him a

'm sure now you

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it. What should I do with my hair? I dyed

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s carefully laid on my bed. I picked a cosy outfit. I hear the sound

e what this tow

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driving? I've a

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and gives me

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laces it ton my head. He adjusts it and pushes u

d on tig

bike and then turns back to

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what d

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so just tap my back if you nee

ead until he c

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ght in the eyes, my

my

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confident th

ke care of me, you always think of my s

y job,

you're doing all of this? One would expect you to keep me con

rotest when I said "date

rren. You c

, I care

rised. He shifts on the mot

nship with a client in these kinds of situations. You

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er, and a hint of

ven stay i

is over, you might choose to just forge

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ver forget

t it doesn't

on. hold

're casually strollin

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omething I miss whe

ave you li

om california when I was about five years old. The ca

him what happened to his mom, War

owns this bar. Do you wan

sound

isn't long before I notice

sy

't

that it seems pretty empty - aside from one other couple seated at the bar. The walls look like th

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walks over to us with a huge smile painted

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en s

e just ex

ld give you free welcome d

tap , slides it along t

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or our own d

n shakes

paying for a thing here. And

and takes a s

the business afloat. You do the

shr

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and Warre

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s my knuckles. Warren imme

ful. My name

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n Jack can kno

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easu

ck

show you the real

a teasing glint in his eye and it's obvious he

off,

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Warren. I s

eft hand and frown at the wedd

hese? It's become such a habit that I ha

d yourself a good one, Garc

that Warren

just f

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d starts walking me towards the bar again. Warren trails behind us, and I

ttle lady, and I'll get yo

pilsner glass I'm stil

fan of

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art of

with nowhere to run. No one was there to h

back of his hea

as a goner, bit this

thumb in Warre

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mean abou

did h

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this sexy pros

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opefully, as if ask

ry nice l

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st being

you sleep at

to walk aro

w. Hasn't stopped me from

orry that ha

ight've lost a leg, but poor

s, but Warre

eart,

he stands up and storms out of the bar. I wa

ust ha

ck, I notice that

. I didn't realize it was

o you

it's not my s

turn back to

. if he wants to tell me,

t going a

ld be a good idea. I'l

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're hosting an event tomorrow ni

we want to

kind of sou

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really

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self back out there. Besides, since you've decided we're keeping things "professional"

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me? w

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Let's g

bar and waves to Jack wh

he have mea