Page 12 of Force Play

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I glance again at the bulletin board in front of me, and I’m left with the realization that this search is goingnowhere.

I’m weeks away from my lease ending, and I’m not any closer to finding a new place to go.

My options have dwindled to the point where I really only have one left.

Fuck me.

With a defeated groan, I pull out my phone, shooting off a text to the last person I ever expected.

Lucia

So…

Hi

Ari

Um, hi?

Why are you texting me?

Lucia

Because desperate times call for desperate measures

Ari

What exactly does that mean?

Lucia

That I’m officially desperate

And I don’t want a cardboard box

Ari

Well, I wasn’t expecting that

Lucia

Believe me, I wasn’t either

But I don’t think I have another choice

Can you meet me at Urban Grind so we can talk about it?

Ari

…yeah

I’ll meet you there

I slip my phone back into my pocket and throw my head back, wondering how the hell I went from being an independent woman with my own place to now needing to live with Ari fucking Morgan.

five

Ari

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