Page 77 of Beating Heart
Are you fucking drunk? What is wrong with you?
King
Just asking what everyone wants to know.
I never kiss and tell.
King
I’m a vault. You tell me everything.
River
You’re a fucking broken vault, brother.
Romeo
They don’t call you Loose Lips Pierce for nothing.
Hayes
You’re worse than Cutler.
King
He’s evading. Obviously something happened, or he wouldn’t have anything to hide.
River
I think he likes her. He’s being all secretive and gentlemanly now.
Romeo
He definitely likes her.
Hayes
I think you’re right.
King
Of course, I’m right. I called it weeks ago. He definitely likes her.
I chuckled and set my phone down. I wasn’t going to respond. I ran a hand down my face and thought about it.
They were right.
They knew me well.
I definitely liked her.
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Emerson
The next few weeks flew by in a blur. I was busy at work, and the locals were now treating me like I’d lived here my entire life. Oscar, who owned the local market, stopped by to see me almost daily with different ailments. It didn’t matter that I was a pediatrician. He ignored me every single time that I reminded him about it.
