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Caden
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BEING AN EARLY riser myself, I rose before Sage and ended up surprising her with breakfast.
“You made pancakes?” she asked, beaming a smile at me as I filled our plates.
“Yeah. I hope you don’t mind me digging through your cupboards.”
“You can dig through anything you want,” she replied as she padded through the kitchen wearing a black tank top and green checkered boxer shorts.
I wiggled my eyebrows. “I’ll remember that.”
Sage chuckled. “Would you like any coffee?” She opened a cupboard and grabbed a K-cup for the Keurig.
“Sure. Thank you.”
While she made us coffee, I grabbed the syrup and then we sat down to eat.
“I have to take off here as soon as we’re done eating,” I told her while we were finishing up. “I need to pick up Phalen.”
“I understand.”
“What ar
