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“I’m used to the few drunks we get.”

She scrunched her nose up at my answer. “I don’t like that.”

Umm… Okay?

“Benny probably doesn’t either,” she added.

That made me smile. “He typically goes Freddy on everyone, but he’s always been like that.” I stopped smiling when she genuinely looked confused. “Never mind.”

“I’m going back to the house,” was her random goodbye.

I stared at her in complete shock as she stepped back over into her yard and slipped into her house. When I shut the door, Dad was behind me. “What was that about?”

“I have no clue.”

I just knew Benjamin’s mom terrified me, and now she had my number.

Chapter 31

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Emily

Really, I shouldn’thave been surprised to see her sitting at one of my booths the next day at work.

Faith’s gaze caught my own as I placed someone’s order in front of them. There went hiding out and pretending I hadn’t seen her. I had forgotten to mention it to Benjamin last night that I had seen her at Dad’s. It was kind of hard to talk to him about anything when he kept his head between my legs whether we were watching TV on the couch or lying in bed. In three days, he’d managed to make me feel feminine and sexier than I’d ever felt in my life. I didn’t know what to think of someone so invested in pleasing me, and he did it like he loved doing it.

Somehow, I knew Faith was here to pester me though. Maybe she knew about us because she never came to Crash’s. Until today.

Taking a deep breath, I walked over to her booth where she sat alone. “Faith… Fancy seeing you here,” I murmured. “What can I get ya?”

She opened the menu in front of me. “What’s good here?”

“Um… I’m not sure you’d like the same things I like.” Because I liked food. Period. I liked almost everything on the menu.

She lifted her eyebrow. “Oh?”

Abort! Abort!

“How about we start with what you’d want to drink?”

“Any tea?” she asked.

I nodded. “Yeah. We got flavored, iced, and even hot tea.”

“Get me iced.”

I walked away quickly to grab her drink and check on my other tables. Only it was over with too soon because I was now back at her table again, placing the tea in front of her.

“What should I order?” she asked again.

I paused, met her penetrating stare and thought about it. “Hmm. I personally love the bacon cheddar fries then I grab a cheeseburger to go with it.”

She nodded. “That sounds good. I’ll take that.”

Well, that was…so much easier than I expected.

“What would you like on it?”

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