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“Where was their dad during all this?”

“He was there, drinking coffee and laughing at ested he let theed and pleaded, he couldn’t say no” I giggled at the memory “They stuck a headband with pink cat ears on his head and he caughta picture with my phone”

“Let me see!”

I dug through ht up the picture of a scowling Dex to show her

She burst out laughing “That is one furious feline But damn, he’s hot”

“He was so mad when I wouldn’t delete it” I dropped my phone back in h I told hiet my hair wet”

Her eyebrows arched “Sounds like a fun day”

“It was”

She sipped again “I know you said you guys are not Dad and Frannie, but so about all this seems very familiar”

I sighed in exasperation “I swear it’s not like that with us Dad and Frannie were in love Dex and I are not In fact, that’s one of our inside jokes We both agreed that this thing between us should stay casual, so every tiht, but I don’t love you’”

My sister pressed her lips together

“Stop looking at ether He h and has a nice dick, okay? Let me just enjoy it”

“Okay, okay” Sighing, she unfolded her legs and stretched theht?”

“No”

“Why not?”

“Because his kids are there” I tossed back my last shiskey “We don’t want theood idea toto keep so that only happens now and then”

“True Especially for you”

I’d sort of been hoping for tacit permission to at least sext hi Millie confirm what I’d said, I knew I shouldn’t

“I should get going,” I told her “I told the girls I’d bring the us at the barn at nine”

“That’ll be fun” She paused “Dex co too?”

The question shouldn’t have felt so loaded