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the toaster with my bare hand

be a masochist. I was just

I'd just scraped over the toast to me

towards t

ner. Crisp slacks and a stiff shirt with leather shoes. The tin

said as I wiped butter off the kni

ough his eyes dr

have

already eat

I love your toast. Mommy wo

dge of his pants pocket open. He shot me a very

uffing food in your pockets is a bad habit. Plus, you ha

" he grumbled as he let

or toasting skills when a rapid-fire clack-

behind her son an

you about loiteri

and. "And you know better than to creas

a lot heavier as she spun him around

eakfast like none o

fering from a post-partum heart condition at the time she showed up four years ago with Jamie. So Victoria used her manipulation and moved Vanessa i

re, four y

ver her chest as she strol

o feed my child behind

ite out of my bread

guess I shouldn't be surprised you're tryin

ht so she could wake up in the morning brimming with it. The only

she walked over and smacked my bread right ou

d butter-side d

hed my lips to the side, taking

I'd regret. Or maybe somethi

sh can. Breakfast was officially over. I wiped my

with you." Vanes

ssa. I'm in no mood for

u haven't seen any o

a close-mo

I sang the warning with the same patronizin

?" she r

d as I shoved her out of my way. She co

heavy notes of Cedric's cologn

e suddenly flung herself on the ground and s

o over it I couldn'

saw her on the ground. He just dropped to hi

er?" He looked up a

asking me? Am

er out of the kitchen, barking at one of the p

n a masterclass in terrible acting from the safety of

e been acting this same melodrama for fou

ric's shoulder, but didn't stop gaspi

to hyperventilate by now? Or a

Cedric

ra me," I

n the tense sile

morning. Now that you're here, I have so

upstairs,

t three minutes later, after he wa

. "What did you

I'd met Cedric for the first time. I'd come to pick som

haken

lled out a document from the envelop

for a d

dn't say anything right away but

o whatever procedure you need don

document. As the paper left my fingers

now all summed up in a single stack of legal jargon. It w

rced arrangement off his shoulders,

er his face, and then for him to r

pecting to

getting a