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Nodding his head, Ken said, "I sure did Of course, Kat changed her mind about every damn day, but I finally made her happy You know, if your woht not actually have a woman, but Brant knew a true statement when he heard it Eratefully Wait Should he pretend that he didn’t drink to iathered behind hi at his ass, he decided, screw it If they wanted to judge hihtly more relaxed about the experience with a few beers

When her mother asked, "So, Brant, honey, are you from South Carolina?" Emma tensed beside him

"Yes, Kat, I a her ma’am earlier and he no to avoid that

"What do your parents do?" It had been so long that he didn’t even flinch when he said, "They passed ahen I was young" Everyone see for him to explain, so he added, "They died in a plane crash near the Florida Keys, actually"

Eh he knew that she was already aware of the story Kat stepped forward and gave hi "Oh, honey, I’m so sorry to hear that I’m sure they would be proud of hoell you turned out" Eree walking accoaining everyone’s attention toward hie She took a little whiff as he drew closer, thinking he had probably been practicing his "botany" before he caed to escape from their mother

"Hey, Emmie-Lou"

"Hey, Brat," she fired back fondly "How’s school?"

"Not bad; the class load is kicking h"

Emma quickly introduced Brant, who asked, "Howhis nose, Boston said, "Three I usually try to stick with two You knowto have s"

Brant, oblivious to Boston’s surfer-dude attitude, said, "Oh, you work and go to school part-tio full-tirateful when their father interrupted the conversation to say that Robyn had to work late and would have to drop by the next day By that tiathered that her brother was a slacker, but why make it worse? Boston walked off to sneak so her alone with Brant for the first ti downstairs

"Your brother is quite a character"

Euy for all leisure activities" She took a minute to study him "You look pretty leisurely yourself I didn’t think you owned anything besides suits"