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Greggave me alook.“I’llpay for it.Justcall him and tell himIreferred you.”
“Fuck.”Weboth knewI’dmake the call, but still.
Carloschimed in, “Yougotta do it, man.Thisguy’s had a lot of bad luck in the last year.Throwhim a bone and make sure he knowsGregdoesn’t hate him.”
“Fuck,”Irepeated.Iblew out a breath. “Fine.”Everyonecheered.Silviagave me a quick hug as she headed into the kitchen.Carlosshoved the brochure into my hands and slapped me on the back as he followed her.Istared down atFelix’searnest, smiling face.Maybehe wouldn’t be as attractive in person.
Ipicked up my phone.Mightas well get it over with.Gregwas going to owe me for this.
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CHAPTER5
FELIX
MAY
“Yourtext was short on details.”Cal’stone was accusing.Heshoved past me and tossed yet another small brown box into the corner of my living room as he headed for the kitchen with a six-pack of beer under his arm.
Stevefollowed him in, holding up two plastic bags. “WebroughtChinese.”
Ishut the door behind them. “Um, thanks?Didwe have plans?”
“Nope.”Steveheaded for the coffee table and began pulling out the food containers. “YousaidCal’sdream came true, but you didn’t respond to our texts afterward, so we came over.”
“Beer?”Calheld one out to me andItook it automatically.
“I’msorry.I’mstill processing it.Bestcase,Ican never go back to theBark&PurrPetResortagain.Worstcase, my career as a pet massage therapist is over before it started.”
Calfrowned. “Sitdown and drink your beer.It’llhelp.”Heput one large hand on my shoulder and turned me toward the couch.IheardSteveclattering plates in the kitchen.
“Okay.”Resignedto spilling my guts,Isat as instructed.Calplopped down next to me.Stevereturned and passed out the dishes and cutlery, then sat in my ratty armchair.
Calscooped some beef lo mein and broccoli chicken onto my plate, topped it with an egg roll, and handed it over.
“Thanks.”Ipoked at the food with my fork—Iwas not to be trusted with chopsticks. “Cal,Iappreciate the warning this morning.I’msure it isn’t easy to tell people about your... ability.”Icringed, remembering againCaltelling me how hard it must’ve been for my ex-dates to talk about things that made them seem unusual to most people.He’dbeen speaking from experience.
Calgrimaced. “Youhave no idea.”
“Calhas visions about me all the time,”Stevesaid proudly.Hestarted loading his plate with food.
Calrolled his eyes. “Buthe rarely heeds my warnings.”
“Hey!”Steveprotested around a mouthful of egg roll. “Ido!But, like that one time,bothgirls were wearing blue tops.IrememberedCal’sdream soIdeliberately picked the oneIwouldn’t have normally hit on first.”
Mybrain made the connection. “Wasthat when the girl threw her drink on you last year?”
Stevehuffed. “Shecould’ve just told me to get lost.I’mnotthatpushy.”
“Amazingly, that is a true statement,”Caltold me. “Butenough aboutSteve.”HeignoredSteve’ssound of protest. “Tellus what happened.Wheredid you say it was?”
Ihunched over my plate. “TheBark&PurrPetResort.Myfirst stop.”
