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“Well, I can’t just sit around and do nothing. I don’t exactly have anywheretosit.” I chuckle at my own comment. “I’m going to see if I can get a room somewhere for the night—hopefully, some place cheap—and I’ll start fresh tomorrow.”
“Let me call Gina. If nothing else, maybe you can crash at her place.”
I sit down on the edge of the sidewalk and wait for Troy to call me back. It would certainly be nice to stay at Gina’s, maybe even for a couple of days, but I don’t want to get my hopes up. I should’ve realized that getting my own place so easily and so quickly was too good to be true.
I swipe my finger across the phone screen as soon as Troy’s name appears. “Hey, what did you find out?”
“I sent you a text with her address and passcode to get inside. She said to make yourself at home, but don’t touch the leftover lasagna in the fridge. She should be home around six.”
“This is such a relief. Man, I owe you one.” I’m not an emotional kind of guy, but if Troy were here right now, I’d probably reach over and hug him…then slap him on the shoulder before anyone noticed.
“Just give my sister a hug for me and tell her I miss her. Then keep your paws off of her.”
“Excuse me?” I know Troy is giving me a hard time, but does he really think I’d do anything more than that? He’s known me for a long time and Gina…she’s far from my type.
“You heard me.”
“Yeah, okay.”
Gina’s place is really nice and I’m envious that she does it solo. The place certainly has a woman’s touch—the cutethrow pillows on the sofa, the trendy wall art in the entryway, the patterned rug in the living room. Even the little plug-in room deodorizer gives off a sweet, sugary-scented aroma. She’d cringe if she saw the way Troy and I lived. A true bachelor pad, complete with a big screen television, gaming system, and clothes scattered all about. We weren’t the neatest, but we kept things to a tolerable level—nothing we couldn’t scoop up and hide should one of us get lucky and bring someone over. Here, there isn’t a single thing out of place.
