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Chapter thirty-seven

HADEN

"That was very nice," I say from the doorway of Daphne’s bedroo I’d caught her right at the end of a song

She shoots up fro in here?"

"The door was open … and I didn’t want to interrupt you"

"What, did you just walk right into the house? An open door isn’t an open invitation Joe always forgets to shut it And you’re not allowed instride backward so I’ in the hallway outside her open door I jam my hands into the pockets of my jeans because I don’t knohat else to do with them "I knocked on your front door Your servant let me in She said I could come on up to find you"

"We don’t have a servant," she says, like it’s an accusation

"Thin wo … on the top of her head? She see to be your mother"

"Oh That’s Marta Joe’s assistant" Her tense stance softens a little "Why are you here?"

"You said you’d helpIt’s been a week, as you requested Is this not your earliest convenience?"

"Oh Yeah I guess I didn’t mean in exactly a week The festival isn’t until the end of Noveht?"