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Straight on my junk.

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Lodestar: Hey

Cruz: Hey. You okay? Need a body boiling?

Lodestar: Nah. Not this time. Though I appreciate your willingness to boil a body.

Cruz: Never work a day in your life if you love what you do.

Lodestar: I feel ya.

Cruz: So, no body. What’s up?

Lodestar: I just wanted to loop you in on some shit that’s going down with your mom.

Cruz: Caroline—what’s she done now?

Lodestar: As we already knew, she’s a Sparrow but the Feds uncovered that in an internal review. She’ll likely be arrested soon. If you want to go see her, now would be the time to do it.

Fifteen minutes later

Lodestar: You okay, Cruz? Talk to me, bud.

Cruz: I’m fine.

Cruz: Appreciate the heads-up, but it wasn’t necessary.

Lodestar: Like that, huh?

Cruz: Yeah, it’s like that.

Cruz: Won’t forget the solid you just did me though, Star.

Lodestar: Think nothing of it, man. Speak soon.

Cruz: Yeah, speak soon.

FORMER FBI AGENT IN STANDOFF THAT SENDS SHOCKWAVES THROUGH NYC

In a showdownthat shocked the city, FBI agent Caroline Dunbar turned a weapon on her colleagues and triggered a hostage situation. The newly uncovered Sparrow died at the scene.

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WISHING ON A STAR - ROSE ROYCE

With Savannah shovingme forward like she was trying to get me to walk off a gangplank, I nearly fell into the hotel room.

“Go on, get in there,” she groused, shoving me extra hard when I wriggled away from her.

“I’m in, I’m in,” I argued with a huff, straightening before immediately groaning at the sight ahead of me.

House parties with the MC were one thing. Afternoon fucking tea with my sisters-in-law was a whole other ball of wax.

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