Shit. I almost laughed at the muscles I thought I had when I thought I could do this. It had to be a quarter of a ton. Breathing hard, I tried again, using my weight to pull and pull, but there was no way. Even if I got this off the floor, I couldn’t hold it. “No, I’m coming!” I heard Rory growl. I jumped. “Rory!” I called, dropping the rope and standing up straight. “Rory, can you come here?” The next thing I knew, he was standing in front of the door, shirtless and sleepy-eyed like he’d just woken up. Planting his arms on both sides of the doorway, he cocked an eyebrow but didn’t ask me what
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