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Startled, Lily took a few seconds, and when she thought thatidiot, she opened her eyes and smiled

“Thanks, though I can’t take all the credit Blair’s staff did a great job pulling everything tog

ether considering he decided to change things up about five weeks ago”

Raine’s eyebrows shot up “Hon, parties aren’t exactly Blair’s strong suit He ht be the mayor, but he’s no different from Jake or Cain or even Mac for that matter Like the rest of thes will do the job Trust e and ran with it, especially after last year”

“Last year?” Lily was almost afraid to ask

“Blair didn’t tell you?”

Lily shook her head “No”

“Last year’s big fundraiser or gala, or whatever the heck you want to call it, was a rodeo-therounds It was hot and smelly, and there ay too many animals which meant there was a lot of…cleanup if you knohat I mean”

“Oh,” Lily said, trying to hide her disgust

“I know, right? And then there was the pig thing”

“The pig thing?”

“Yep So race Can you iine?”

“A pig riding race” Lily couldn’t help but smile

Raine shook her head enthusiastically “Pigs don’t like to be ridden, at least the ones Mr Fisher brought, so it got real messy, real quick”

“Wow” Lily didn’t quite knohat to say