![]() Especially if they were sugar cookies coated with sprinkles. “Once you learn those, you’ll know how to double and triple ingredients to bake cookies with me.”įew things could get me excited about math, but cookies did it. “Just think,” Freddy said, making quick work of his float instead of savoring it like I was. “Whhhhhy? Just let me enjoy my treat and pretend we’re done with math forever.” “Units of measurement and fractions will be better anyway,” Ash said, holding in a smile that his dimples betrayed. Vera and Freddy added theirs, clinking the glasses. Sitting on the kitchen counter, I raised my float that was heavy on the Diet Coke and ice cream. “To a B.” Ash lifted his Diet Coke float that was mostly vanilla ice cream with only a few drops of Diet Coke. Sweet little dove, still so fucking broken. ![]() “I get the feeling she thinks she’s pushed it enough already.” One day when she trusted me, I’d make her tell me everything.Īnd then I’d dig the bastard up and find a way to kill him again. The more I learned about her life before me, the more it made sense. I’d long ago stopped wondering why Juliet didn’t hate me for killing him. Like she had experience with that.Īnd I was willing to bet her piece-of-shit father was to blame. Worst of fucking all, there were times when she braced like she was preparing to get hit. ![]() She’s worried about pissing you off, so she said she was going to work at it.”Įven after being there as long as she had, she was still skittish. “Apparently listening to music is more fun than trying to make it. ![]() While she’d used the art supplies for hours, the keyboard had gone untouched after the first day. Looking up at the knock on my door, I called, “Come in.” I walked through the other restaurants and the food court in Moonlight.Īnd just as I knew they’d be, all were spotless. “Call me if anything comes up, otherwise I’ll see you this weekend.” I pocketed my phone and turned back to Serrano. Me: Backstreet Boys are on the oldies stations now.
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