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She had to bite the inside of her cheek to stop fro his wife Mandy, already knew he’d been at the gaet her hair done and buy soerie As Billy’s mother well knew—she was the one who babysat

“So, what are you doing?” she said instead

“I’uy doesn’t have any water in theOr for the rest of the week” He pointed at so you turn when you want to shut off the water to the house”

“Does everyone have one of those?” Kirsty said as she studied it

“Yes They do” There was a very silent “idiot” attached to the end of that sentence

“And you’re doing what to it?”

“I’ve turned it off and I’ to need a blowtorch and so”

“Fantastic”

She thumped her old classate the illegal activity, but she sure as heck wasn’t going to look a gift horse in thewas

“I don’t like this,” Billy

told her “It’s probably illegal, but definitely childish”

“Thanks for the reprimand It isn’t your business at stake”

“It will be if anyone finds out that I’ood”

“He’s English,” she said, as though that excused all sorts of questionable behaviour

“I also heard that he’s ex-army life iname, I wouldn’t be here I don’t have a death wish”