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"Where were you all nored her question and asked his own

"Oh, Nick wantedherself and rolling to the side so Jaroaned

"Hi, Jameson!" Nick’s voice called out "Still a little ray of sunshine, I see!"

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"You boys," Tate said in a teasing voice, rolling back so she was in front of the screen again

"I’ll let you go I just wanted to say hi, really Have a good trip, and be nice to hi? I’m always nice to him," she said

"Lies," Jameson called out fro all the tiasped

"I take back every nasty thing I said about you," Jahed

"Okay, yeah, this conversation needs to end before soru to you Keep in touch," Nick said She nodded

"Always Givesloppy kisses to Jake," she told him

"Give my love to Laura, too!" Jameson yelled Nick snorted

"I’ll talk to you later"

Tate blew hihed and closed the laptop Laid her cheek against her hands She hu her feet in the air while she thought about their conversation "Sos move fast," he’d said – but why? Why was everyone being so weird?

"He just wanted to say hi?" Jameson asked from behind her

"Muess"

"What’ve you been up to?" she asked with a yawn

"Picking up these contracts from my lawyer What we ca houessed

"Not quite yet"

Tate was about to question hiainst her lower back She lifted herself onto her elbows, trying to look over her shoulder Out of the corner of her eye, she could see a dark green folder laying on top of her She could also see Ja back into the kitchen

"What is this?" she gruet ahold of the folder

"Soht," he said as she swung around into a sitting position, crossing her legs She glanced at hi from a bottle of Perrier