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She broke his heart and married his brother.

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Dennis Callan? He’s a preacher, isn’t he?

Bless you. Midge is full of surprises.

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Fine. We’ll go down there tomorrow before my first client. How did your call go with the dean?

I chewed on my fingernail. We both knew this would be ending soon. Why was I nervous to say it?

Good. I took the job.

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I thought you didn’t want the job.

It’s my best option.

Three little dots moved around the screen, but no message came through.

Are you at a loss for words because you’re going to miss me?

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I guess I better get in as much time with you as I can then, huh? Where are you?

Dinner with my brothers. Rico is treating.

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I heard Romeo offered him a full-time job. Good for him. And he should treat you.

Don’t get sentimental. Our clock is ticking. Our arrangement is coming to an end.

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You better take what you want from me now, Queenie. You’re going to miss this.

Don’t flatter yourself.

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Get your hot little ass over here when you’re done with dinner. I’ll show you what you’re going to be missing when you leave.

See you soon.

We placed our orders, and both of my brothers started talking a mile a minute. They’d been by the bar a few times over the last few weeks, but things had been fairly uneventful. Now that Rico was working all the time, he wasn’t going out as much.

Maybe they were both actually growing up a bit.

“So, Zane and I are thinking of getting our own place. Panda will move in with us, as well. We’ve started looking.”

My eyes widened, and I quickly fixed my features so as not to be an asshole and act completely shocked.

But I was completely shocked.

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