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"We're good here."
Ryder came back to the table fifteen minutes later looking like nothing had happened and I wanted to ask what Sarah had said but I didn't because asking meant I cared and I was trying very hard to pretend I didn't. He threw cash on the table for the drinks and gestured toward the exit so I got up and I followed him out of the bar without saying a word.
The ride up to our rooms was silent except for the elevator music that was too cheerful for how I was feeling and when we stopped on the tenth floor Ryder walked me to my door like this was a real date ending and not whatever the hell this actually was. He waited while I used the key card, pushed the door open and then he just stood there in the hallway with his hands in his pockets.
"Get some sleep." He said it li
