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Grand Gesture
Cassidy’s IAC flickered, bringing her out of her head and back to the room, which was just as well. The last thing Christian needed was for Cassidy to tip Daunator off. She actually had two messages, one from Eliza, which would’ve been weird under any other circumstances, and one from Brandon, whom she’d been avoiding the last few days. He’d asked to talk to her the day before yesterday, but she’d blown him off completely, and then yesterday, she’d gone over to Lucy’s to hang out with everyone but hadn’t really said much to him. Eventually, she’d get over their fight, but right now, she wasn’t in the mood to talk about her feelings.
“I’m busy. Check in later,” she said really quickly to Brandon and then she responded to Eliza. “What’s up?”
“Hey. Sorry to bother you. We’re headed into Honey’s prime territory, and I was just wondering if
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“Why? Won’t that just give her more of an opportunity to slip away from us?”“She won’t slip away from us,” Eliza assured him.“But Mila didn’t say to do that,” Sergio continued.“She’s on her way out the front door,” Cassidy told Eliza.Sergio continued to justify his reasoning for getting on her immediately, so much so that he missed Honey coming out the door on the arm of a tall man who didn’t look too different from the fellow she’d picked out the night before.“That guy she’s with is still a human, for now. His name is Daven, and he’s worried that his wife will know he’s not at his friend’s house playing cards like she thinks, though not worried enough to stay put in the bar when a tall, beautiful blonde invites him down the block to her place.”“Good to know,&rdqu
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