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They look like they’re very well acquainted--wholesome and happy They look like a fa inside

Soan’s attention to the door

To me

His eyes widen when he spots me, then narrow He

Shit

I flee Bolt Haul ass

Cowardly? Yes, but also instinctual I scurry down the street like I’ain And thirty seconds later, his voice booms behind me

"Ellie! Hey--hold up!"

I stop, ’cause there’s no point in running I take a breath and prepare to lie Because I’m not ready to tell him yet Not like this, out on the street, next to a Du away inside I spin around and plaster a big smile on my face

"Logan! Hey! Fancyyou here--it’s a sflustered Logan is never flustered "What are you wearing?"

"A dress"

"You lookbloody fantastic"

Just as I’ent Pissed-Off is back in charge "What the hell are you doing here, Ellie? You’re supposed to be out with Fulton"

"My night with George ended early I wasn’t feeling it So, I decided to gosightseeing" I lift rown gardens and sinking roofs I should’ve thought that one out better "And I got lost You know hty Ellie"

He braces his hands on his hips, frowning down at me in that sexy way of his "You can’t wander around--especially not here Coot my car--I’ll take you home"

A drunk on the corner slurs, "I’ll take ye hoan and I yell at the same time

"Piss off!"

"Screw you!"

Then alk silently for a fewat hi to work up the nerve to say all that I’d planned to a few o

Instead, other words tear out of ether

"The little girl," I clarify, feeling an ownership over hiht to "Is she yours?"

"No"

And everything inside irl--the bartender It’s her husband’s fa with hiht now I check in on theirl That’s better It’s great

"That’s nice of you"

We reach the parking lot behind the bar and Logan guides ray Nissan Altima He opens the door for me Then he walks around, starts the car and pulls out of the parking lot

"Do you live near here?" I ask, because I only just realized I don’t know the answer

"No My place is outside the city--about twenty minutes away"

"Oh"