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But Rook isn’t a n, but right now, she’s just a girl

And the only thing I know right now is that I want her

"So Rook, tell ?"

"Yeah," she says, "I’ll love it, as long as it pays me money I just want a job, you know?"

She tilts her head back as she swings forward, ht look underneathher back as I tickle her stomach with kisses I snap out of the fantasy "Do you have faet No

"Friends?"

"Nope"

Again, she offers nothing

"So how did you get here?" I push

"Fate" She laughs and juoes forward She lands on her knees in the grass and then rolls down on her back "That was fun, thank you" She gets to her feet and waits

Despite her snize the ht

"You’re welcoet breakfast in thetowards the garden studio She punches in her code, which is all ones, so not a big deal, but she punches it in like she’s lived here all year and not half a day "Is there soh everything yet"

"Yeah," I say "In the top drawer next to the stove"