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Of course her phone had to go off soon after that. Hayley was tempted to ignore it, but with everything that was going on, it didn’t seem very wise to ignore a text.
Her brother’s number. Leaving now, the text said. I’ll be home in 20. Burgers at Bordello’s OK?
Shooting Levi an apologetic glance, she typed, Sure. See you then, and shoved the phone back in her purse.
“Your brother?” he asked.
“Yes. He’s on his way home. I guess we’re going out to eat again.” She shook her head and added, “I really need to get to the grocery store and get some actual food so I can cook dinner. We can’t keep going out to eat every night.”
Levi appeared rather impressed by that comment. “You can cook?”
“Well, I wouldn’t say I’m a gourmet or anything, but my mom taught me. ‘A necessary life skill,’ she
