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2026-06-17 21:00:00Lenny's Pov
He sat on the coffee table. I think he did it deliberately so I wouldn't have to lean across, so the distance between us while I worked would be manageable. He seemed to think about things like that without making it obvious he was thinking about them. I sat on the couch and he gave me his hand and I opened the kit. "Your knuckles again," I said. "Occ
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