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“Maybe we should send her a gift basket of wines and cheese Everyone loves wine, right?” I reason

“Yeah, and ram”

“Oooh!” I snap , I say, “I don’t knoe can do beyond talking to the for the best”

He shakes his head “That’s one conversation I wouldn’t want to make”

I glare at my brother “Thanks for the vote of confidence”

“Just being honest,” he defends

Rae comes in the front door, her body drenched with sweat frole from her iPhone as she winds them up

“Hey,” she says rather breathlessly

“We’re going to breakfast,” Cade tells her

She nods and starts for the stairs “I’ll take a quick shower Promise”

An hour later, we all pile into Cade’s Jeep and head down the road to a local place

The floors are always sticky and the air smells like syrup, but the food is the best so I don’t complain

I slide across the plastic booth and Xander sits besidehis elbows on the table

Cade slides in across fros bump mine in the narrow space

Menus are already on the table and we each pick it up, scanning it even though that’s really unnecessary