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I ignored her huff and stared ahead into the sun glare and possibly ood hour to cross Manhattan if the traffic held on the way into Brooklyn followed by my last rites if what she said about her parents was true

“Chin up, A to be the end of the world” If her mother didn’t shoot me first and buryher daughter to Vegas

“You haven’tthe palms on her dark jeans

“I could just tell theun wedding today and solve everything at once” I tapped on the steering wheel hoping to diffuse the situation All I got was a side eye and a snort that didn’t sound encouraging

“Seriously, Whit? That’s what you ith?” She rested her head on theignoring me

“Hey, come on babe” I snuck a peek at her face turned out theavoiding , but she pushed

“Ugh, just drop o back horabbed her hand to stop the anxious habit

“You say it like you already kno they feel aboutabout ood by the look on your face” My voice trailed off wondering “Co boy” I puffed outthe blinker on to switch lanes for our exit

My free hand rubbed , “What? No! I didn’t tell the”

“Okay, so I’ the the it wasout in Vegas”

“Missing?” This girl had side eyeextra secret time with Kristen I didn’t know about

I shrugged gripping the steering wheel while I sht actually hit

Sos I knew her relationship wasn’t one hundred percent with theroithout parents and I couldn’t i worse

“Oh, I’m sure they’ll scour the National Parks for the first feeeks beforeboyfriend while I’ll be in soh-ends clients who like pretty pale girls with crazy hair”

“You say that like you don’t think I’ll go all Creek Stewart and Crocodile Dundee trying to find you” I grabbed her hand and pulled it intoirrational I bit irl once on a dark and storain?