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I blow out a breath too hard, which causes my lips to flap in a truly unattractive way But I don’t care, because it’s Cam, and he’s seen me at my worst "I remember twenty-nine It was actually harder than thirty Once I was over that hu’s relative, lass There’s a sixty-year-old grandain"

"Oh, thank you for that pearl of wisdo to know the elderly are jealous of me"

"Sixty isn’t elderly!"

"Dude Seriously If the average life expectancy is so on death’s door"

"One of randmothers lived to be one hundred and fourteen"

"What? That’s a lie!"

"Nope And randmother is one hundred and ten She’s still alive"

I narrowto or clan has exceptional genes, lass Nobody in my family even starts thinkin’ about retirin’ until well after ninety"

"Really?"

"Really If you ever visit Scotland, I’ll take you to et a kick out of each other--saorsome memory, and drinks more of his beer, while I sit and think how randhty We call her Granny Gu out her dentures during conversations like it’s an accident She has mild dementia, so she repeats herself a lot, but otherwise she’s in pretty good shape My other grandmother is in perfect health, but you wouldn’t know it by the way she carries on She had a Just Buried party when she turned fifty because she was convinced she was about to kick the bucket anydrink of rand old, even when I was a kid and they weren’t anywhere close to old Every holiday and fa the Glory Days of Our Departed Beauty party

"Those people do not age gracefully, and I’ about wrinkles"

Cam sits up and holds his beer out toward lass with me, lass That’s the first tie, looks, or your fa off onwistfully toward the kitchen

Theball

"I have a chicken breast and sory"

Cam toys with the lace on the sleeve of his robe, his lashes swept demurely doard "Only if it’s no bother, lass I don’t wanna keep you up"

I kick his feet and grin at hi baby"

When he smiles bashfully, his lips in a wry little twist because he’s too shy to admit he wants me to cook for him, I’m hit with a sudden, unidentifiable emotion It’s weird and tender and powerful and alien and makes my heart skip several beats

I stand so abruptly I spill wine on the carpet

Ca to let his sharp eyes get a glimpse attogether a plate for Cae

What was that? What’s wrong withsick? I put the back of n of fever

"So what else did pretty boy say in his e rooive him the details "My laptop’s on the bed if you want to check it out"