Page 20 of Kai
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“I absolutely do.”
I laugh.
“Do you?”
“Yes.”
“No, you don't.”
“Yes, I do.”
“Then say it.”
Mary points at me.
“You're about to suggest something stupid.”
“That narrows it down to roughly ninety percent of my ideas.”
Ego loses the battle and starts laughing.
Sabrina too.
Nobody is on my side.
Story of my life.
I lean against my truck.
“We fake date.”
Silence.
Complete silence.
A child drops a backpack somewhere.
A bird chirps.
The universe itself seems to pause.
Mary blinks.
Once.
Twice.
Then laughs.
Hard.
“Oh my God.”
“See? You love it.”
“I absolutely do not.”
“Liar.”
