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“Well, hell, I can take you to the airport”

“I can’t exactly kiss you goodbye, can I?” Brody said sarcastically

“I think that hat she was trying to avoid,” John mumbled

“What do you mean?” Brody asked

“To be so smart, you sure are stupid,” John said around a mouth full of Sadie’s pound cake

“What’s that supposed to rowled

“She loves you, durowled back

“Well, I love her, too,” Brody said, dumbfounded

John grinned wildly “You haven’t told her that, yet, have you?”

“No I’ to surprise her when I coet a U-Haul to bring ot a job at the hospital here” He still looked unhappy “I tookto be cleaned last week so I could ask her to er”

“You picked it up yet?” John asked

“No Why?” Brody wanted to know

John grabbed his hat off the hat rack and sla nowhere Your apartment can wait a few days Hell, I’ll pay your rent, if I have to I’ I knohere Lou is”

Brody steeled hi the back of the chair in front of him His doubtful eyes met John’s “You think she’ll have me?”

“Only one way to find out,” Jeb said from the hallway as he and Sadie walked into the kitchen, both s