“I mean, I hate to do this, but Ryan, Tess was given a key first so…” “It’s no problem. I’ll go,” says Ryan from the couch. “I’ll call Perry or Dave-O and have them come pick me up.” “You’re not rooming with Davidson for the next four weeks,” Jake counters. “We shack you up with him, you’ll kill him inside of two days. The guy may be a sieve, but he’s our sieve. We need him.” “For now,” Mars adds. “Perry, then,” says Ryan. It’s his voice that hooks something deep in me. He sounds so tired, so physically and emotionally drained. “It’s fine,” I hear myself say, my hand clutching to the front of
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