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"Whatcha doing?" Flynn asks as he plops down on the couch beside me I have his laptop open and he leans in to look at the screen It never even occurs toso I turn it a little so he can see it better

"I' a torture session"

He just looks at me with one eyebrow raised

Turning the laptop back toward me so I can type, I enter in new search terms, and when the results are displayed, I turn the screen toward him I watch as he ski and thick his lashes are frole Why I never noticed it before is beyond me

"Who's John Cleeden?"

I click on the article about the charity donation and when the picture appears, I point at it "Meet my mom and dad"

Flynn's head snaps toward ive him a quick smile and point back toward the screen

He reads the entire article and then looks back to e come from?"

"Rowan Page isn't my real name It's Anne Marie Cleeden"

"You're kidding?"

"Nope"

He surveys me closely and even runs his eyes down aze brings upon h his look isn't sexual at all "You don't look like an Anne Marie," he muses

"And I'e now"

"When did you change it?"

"The ht me to New York"

"But when did you change it legally?"

"I haven't never needed to"

"Seriously?"

"Yup"

"How do you get anything done? You don't have a social security number How do you pay taxes? Or rent an apartet a driver's license for that matter?"

I' this The look on Flynn's face is a mixture of comedic horror and respect "Well I've never paid taxes as I' by your dear cousin, Nix I've never had to sign an apartment lease because the lease has never been in my name and I've never needed a bank account because I've always paid my roommates just my share of expenses Oh, and I don't have a driver's license"

"You don't have a driver's license?" he asks in disbelief

"I don't have a driver's license at least not in Rowan Page's name," I confirm

"But you drive my car" He cracks me up because he actually sounds a little affronted

"Lighten up, serious sally I haven't been caught, have I? Besides I technically have a valid Texas license I just think I et a New York license after I moved here"

I shrug my shoulders Oh, well

"Cri with a criminal"

I start laughing and assure hiet it done legally at soot my birth certificate last year just for that reason I just never got around to doing it"

Flynn is shaking his head in disbelief and wonder "You are unbelievable, do you know that?"