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It was too early for Paddy, and the doorman had a list of faces who were permitted to enter.
Still, concerned, I backed away from her, watching her nurse her hand like it was a foreign entity, before I turned toward the door then strode down the hall.
My brows rose when I saw Jen, Aoife’s best friend, standing in the elevator.
While shewason the list, it was still unexpected to see her, especially this Jen.
She was…happy?
“Jen?”
She frowned at me. “Yeah? I’m Jen. Is it that long since you’ve seen me that you don’t remember what I look like?”
“No.”
“Then?” she asked grouchily when I carried on looking at her. “What’s the problem?”
Jen had that pouty look of constant dissatisfaction about her. She was a bitch, but Aoife loved her, so did Jake, and truth be told, she was good fun when she let her hair down.
But that was why I was staring.
The pouty look of constant dissatisfaction was no more.
“There’s no problem,” I countered gruffly. “You just look… happy.”
“Did I look constipated before or something?”
“Maybe. You just look different.”
“Is that Jen?” Aoife called out before she stepped into the hall.
Twisting back to look at her, I saw she studiously ignored me as she moved toward Jen.
It seemed her friend picked up on the atmosphere because Jen hovered there awkwardly before she blurted, “You freezing me out, Eef, is a low blow.”
Aoife stilled then whispered, “I was just going through some stuff.”
I almost snorted atthatunderstatement.
“Yeah, well, you don’t cut out your BFF, bitch.”
My temper flared. “Watch it, Jen.” I growled the warning.
“It’s okay, Finn. She’s right.” Aoife’s chin tipped up. “I’ve been ignoring everyone.”
“I’m not ‘everyone.’”
“Agreed. Do you want some cake? I made some for a guest who’s coming over this afternoon.”
“Oh, shit. That’s who the doorman thought was coming over, right? I figured he wouldn’t let me up—”
“I didn’t put a block on you coming up, Jen—”
She wasn’t to know that I had.
“—jeez, I just didn’t feel like talking.” Her smile was wan. “I still don’t feel like it, but I have to get on with life, right?”
Where the hell she got that idea from, I had no idea.
