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“Okay…” He set the gun down and wrapped her in his arms “Lyd, are you sure you’re okay? Where were you?”

“At a friend’s house,” she said, resting her cheek on his chest “But don’t ask who It doesn’t matter”

He tensed “Actually—”

“Steven”

He sighed “Fine But I’ll be asking ”

“Ask what you want, but I’” She stepped back “The usual room?”

“Yeah” He ran his hands through his hair “You ht not want to look in my room as you pass I left the door open…and, uh…”

She froze halfway up the stairs, because thatwith his girlfriend of a year “Seriously? Already? Who is she this time?”

He crossed his arht?”

“Touché” She headed up the stairs without answering…which was exactly what he’d intended, of course “Good night”

“Oh, and sis?”

She stopped at the top of the stairs and glanced at him “Yeah?”

“Next tiht want to make sure your skirt isn’t tucked into your underwear before leaving a guy’s house in a hurry”

Her heart skipped a beat and she hurried to fix it “Oh my God No—” But when she touched her skirt, it was smooth and not stuck in her underwear He scowled up at her, and she scowled right back at him “Steven”

“Just as I thought Not a friend’s house after all”