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Turned out "success" wasn’t a strong enough word – business was booed the place as well as worked the bar for the first six e career, and al gone so uring she was doing well enough on her own anyway And after one tooon the floor Set some hours for herself Took a vacation even, visited Sanders

It was all going so well that by the following spring, she approached Ja a little different A little darker, sexier, and in a different part of town His response was a hearty "no", at first But she had ways of convincing him, and it helped that she proing, but she finally got her way

"We should have a party"

Jaested it towards the end of the su – Jameson never wanted to have a party Never wanted to leave the house, and never wanted people to coured it was his way of getting her attention

"What kind of party?" she asked

"A special kind"

"Oh god I’ht it would be fun for one last hoorah, of sorts The new bar, along with the old bar, would take up all her free tiet out and get away, or anything like that; so why not have Sanders co in New York together?

Well, who could say no to that? Didn’t seeotten that virtually everything Ja deal, soroaned at the foot of the stairs It was an hour or so after the library incident, and still, Jaht lipped about their plans Had only told her to be ready to go in an hour It was one o’clock in the afternoon, and it only took three or four hours to drive to New York See to dinner

I hate surprises

"Jesus, you’re like a toddler," Ja down the stairs

"Well, I’ve been waiting down here for forever," she pointed out He rolled his eyes and turned his back to her

"Ten minutes It’s been ten minutes since you came down here," he corrected her She smoothed out the material over his shoulders, then pulled the hem of his suit jacket into place

"It feels like forever," she tried to argue

"Shut the fuck up or on’t be going anywhere"

She skipped out the door behind hi hier in almost any car he was in, so they let hioing, so she was surprised when they stopped at her bar She stared for a second, taking in the neon "O’Shea’s" sign

"You broughthis hand on the small of her back

"Yes"