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Dillon worked the room like the professional he was. He knew it wasn’t his usual level of involvement, but Zach and Michele were overrun in the kitchen, and Kristen needed the extra hands.
He shook hands with another couple he remembered meeting before when he saw a face in the crowd that shouldn’t have been there.
Dillon worked his way through the crowd until he was right behind Albert Perry and cleared his throat loudly.
Perry spun and grinned at Dillon. Dillon had a few inches on the older man, and a hell of a lot more muscles, but he wasn’t going to posture in a crowded room where everyone knew who he was, and no one knew who Perry was.
“Can I help you with something? Like finding the exit?” Dillon asked, his voice low but firm.
Perry grinned. “I’m quite enjoying myself here, a
