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{Playlist Suggestion: "Electric Love" by BØRNS / "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry}

~CHASE POV~

The cab smelled like pine air freshener and old cigarettes.

I sat in the back, my knee bouncing up and down so fast I thought I might vibrate right through the floorboard. I checked my phone for the tenth time in two minutes.

Emma: 'You better not be bailing on me, Lynch.'

Emma: 'The music is bad. I need backup.'

I smiled at the screen. My thumbs flew over the keyboard.

Me: 'Relax. My chario
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