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A long stringof cutesy emojis accompanied the note.

“Okay, guys, you got this? I gotta go.”

“Roger that, boss.”

With that, Dax headed back to help his mate.

CHAPTER29

Things had been going amazingly with The Tree, and really with her and Dax too. It was all amazing. Bloom felt like she was walking on air as they strode hand in hand by the shops that lined Willow Way.

“Hey guys!” Tam called as they came up on her, Etta, and Bloom’s former houseguests.

“Hi Bloom,” echoed Kim and Chris.

Etta just stood to let the ladies exchange pleasantries.

After a minute, Kim pulled a dress out of one of her bags. “Look at this sundress! Isn’t it amazing? Oh, and this scarf,” she said as she displayed a few of her purchases.

It did Bloom’s heart good to see the ladies really finally settling in.

“They have exceeded our expectations,” Etta was saying, “And so I thought it might be nice to treat them to a little shopping spree.”

“Plus, they are turning out to be very promising apprentices,” she added.

“I am just so happy things are going well for you,” Bloom gushed.

“It is all because of you, Bloom,” Chris said, getting a little teary eyed as she gave her a half hug, bags still in tow. “If you hadn’t intervened with those thugs, I don’t want to think about what would have happened.”

“Then don’t think about it, because we kicked some ass, all of us,” Bloom said matter-of-factly.

“You can say that again,” Dax said.

“Indeed,” added Etta. And then after a moment, “We still have lessons later on, so it’s back to shopping for a bit. Come on, ladies.”

“Bye, Tam!” Bloom called, “Let’s chat later!”

“Absolutely!”

The two hadn’t even had a chance to say much with all the talk being on the spree. But it didn’t matter, they could just catch up later.

“Bye,” the little group called as they headed off.

As the women got a little further away, Dax spoke, “You just watch, in like two months Kim is gonna be wearing a scarf all the time, just like Etta. And then in a year she’ll have like three all the time.”

Bloom laughed. “Worse things could happen.”

“Fair enough,” he joked as they continued along.

But before they found a new rhythm to their conversation they were again interrupted.

“Hey, what’s up, love birds?”

It was Jack from the Pack, walking along with Rollo.

“Look what the cat dragged in,” Dax joked.

“I’d like to see one try!” Jack retorted, doing a little shadow boxing to indicate it would be no easy task.

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