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“Yeah, it’s a three bedroom.”

She paused. “You’re not staying in a hotel?”

“I’m in my apartment,” Roxie said. “We keep saying we’re going to give it up and we never actually bite the bullet. I have a feeling Knox already bought it. Zairn bought the apartment next door. Maybe Gauge can buy the one above us and we’ll build ourselves a castle.”

“Are you sure?”

“Of course! There is so much space and I’m not used to knocking around here on my own. I’ll send Trevor over with the boys to do the heavy lifting, and they’ll drive you here.”

“I don’t want to put anyone out, but I guess it wouldn’t hurt to have another guy around if—”

“The jerkoff boyfriend comes back,” Roxie finished for her, “yes, yes, exactly. See, perfect!”

“Okay, I’ll finish packing and then we have to go down to the landlord’s office. He already said he’d let Gwen sign off the lease; I hope he’ll let me sign off too.”

“He will,” Roxie said without an ounce of doubt.

“How do you know?”

“Because my boyfriend knows something about everyone and my ex-boyfriend goes after bad boys, take your pick. All else fails, I’ll call him out on my stream, and we’ll have a parade for the jerkoff boyfriend.”

She laughed. “You know, I always feel better after I talk to you.”

“It’s Zairn rubbing off on me,” Roxie said. “You’re not alone, Rainie. I said it, I meant it. Don’t forget it again. Something like this happens, you call me. Don’t worry about the time either, like I said, it’s always happy hour somewhere in the world. I’m on-call twenty-four seven for my girls.”

That startled her. “I’m your girl?”

“You’re all my girls, honey. Welcome to the family.”

Manson or Brady? Maybe somewhere in between. It was a nice feeling to belong, to be cared for, to have support. Maybe it was too much too soon; Xander might not like it. But he’d encouraged her to accept Roxie and the woman was a force to be reckoned with. Right then, that was exactly what she needed.

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“Get ready. Come with me,” Roxie said, swinging into her bedroom.

“Come with you to Crimson?”

After a night under Roxie’s roof, the shock had given way to determination. Work. She needed work.

“Yeah, I have this meeting and want you to meet the contractor.”

“Why?” she asked. Her legs crossed under her laptop, she rested against the headboard. Toria’s headboard actually. “Is he cute?”

Roxie laughed, resting her temple on the hand she had curled around the doorjamb. “We have a whole squad working on the building. Bet there’s one in there who’ll distract you from Gauge.”

“Oh, that’s what I need, more men in my life.” She put her laptop aside to scoot to the edge of the bed. “I need a job.”

“And I’m giving you one,” Roxie said.

Wait, what? “You’re…?”

“The internal construction is mostly complete, we’re onto the fun part of refurbishment. We have plans but need someone on site we can trust. Someone to make quick, tasteful decisions, when to forge on, when to pull back.”

“And you trust my taste?”

“It’s the same as Zairn’s,” Roxie said. “Z picked me, so I know his taste is top-notch. He also picked Gauge, who picked you.”

“So it’s a six degrees thing?” she asked on a laugh. “You don’t owe me anything. I appreciate it, but—”

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