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direction.
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    Daisy laughed. “True. But that doesn’t mean I don’t know
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    that look on your face.”
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    “Don’t you have a handsome man to poke at?” Mary looked
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    around for Levi, Daisy’s boyfriend. Man friend. Lover. What-
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    ever. They’d found something powerful together and Mary liked
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    Levi a great deal. Very few people would be good enough for
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    her friend. He managed to be.
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    “He’s off with Brody talking tattoos. And who are you
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    then?” Daisy smiled up at Damien.
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    “This is Damien, he’s a friend of Adrian’s. Damien, this is
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    Daisy.” Gillian made the introductions.
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    “Nice to meet you.” Daisy grabbed a server as he passed with
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    a tray. “What’s this? I haven’t had this one yet.”
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    “Figs with cheese and prosciutto. You had these just a few
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    days ago.”
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    “Oh, yes. Then I need several because they are fabulous.”
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    True to her word, Mary watched as Daisy grabbed three little
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    plates and put them down on the table. “I got one for you,
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    Damien, because you didn’t have any and you should.” She
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    pushed one his way and then dug into hers.
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    Damien obediently took a bite and Mary got sort of sweaty
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    when he closed his eyes for a moment and sighed happily. Nor-
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    mally she liked it when people enjoyed her food, but this, well,
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    he was delicious.
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    “This.” He nodded solemnly.
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    Warmth fl ooded her. “Thank you. People often miss how
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    good simple food can be. Fresh makes a difference too.”
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    Mary tried to rein it in because she loved talking about food
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    and ingredients and she could go on and on.
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    “She’s an artist. You have music, she’s got food.”
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    Mary blushed. “Thank you, Adrian.”
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    “She’s doing the food for the wedding too. Next time you’re
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    in town we’ll have to be sure to go to her supper club. Insanely
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    good food.”
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    “I’ll be back for the wedding next month.”
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    Her heart sped for a few moments. It would be fun to fl irt
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    with him again.
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    Adrian looked back and forth between them and leaned to
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    say something to Gillian, who nodded. Mary knew that look
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    on Gillian’s face.
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    “Damien and his brothers are going on tour with us.”
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    “Really? Awesome. I saw you guys. Twice, actually. Once at
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    Lollapalooza over at the Gorge. Another time Daisy and I drove
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    down to see you in San Francisco.”
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    Daisy mock- slapped her forehead. “I knew you looked famil-
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    iar! Sweet Hollow Ranch, right?”
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    “That’s us.”
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    “We sat so freaking far back for both those shows. Up on
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    the grass at the Gorge. Though when you go places with Mary
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    she brings treats. So everyone else will be eating crappy eight-
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    dollar nachos and she’ll whip out fresh mozzarella and tomatoes.
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    Tailgating is swankifi ed with Mary on your side.”
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    Damien wanted to reach over and kiss that mouth. Every
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    time Mary spoke, her bottom lip was so juicy and shiny it began
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    to make his cock throb in time with his pulse.
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    She seemed to gleam in the starlight and the glow of the fairy
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    lights in the trees. He liked the way she lit up when she spoke
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    with her friends. He liked the way she talked about food too.
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    “You’ll have to come see us when we’re touring then. I prom-
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    ise to get you better seats than up in the rafters if you’ll bring
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    me something tasty.” Like that mouth.
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    One corner of said mouth tipped up and he had to strangle
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    back a moan.
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    “All right. I’m getting pretty good at traveling with food.”
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    “She can whip up a freaking gourmet meal from a