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“I’m sorry,” Lily says softly

“Don’t be I had a great childhood growing up in that trailer with ave his best, and I never wanted for anything”

“Are you still close?”

“He died a fewcancer Did your et sick?”

“No, she shot herself”

Her words startle me

“Hell, I’m sorry”

“Well, that’s the story anyway I’m not sure I believe it But as a thirteen-year-old, I believed whatever Max toldshe’s said too et back to Odin” Turning, she heads for the door

“Hey…” I say, and she turns back to me “Does this mean we’re friends?”

She lifts an eyebrow, and a mischievous smile pulls at the corner of herbiker with his head up his ass’ if you lose the ‘she’s a spoiled club princess who is going to poison inary death pills because her daddy told her to’”

I can’t help but grin

Or help notice the fire in her penetrating eyes

My dick twitches

I don’t want it to, but I like her fire

I like her

“It’s a deal,” I finally say

She licks her lips, and again my dick salutes in appreciation Obviously, my body needs a release, so I mentally make an appointment with my hand at the next available opportunity