Ryan.Sunday morning Lauren slept in. I was already awake, staring at the ceiling, when my phone buzzed on the nightstand. I reached for it carefully so the movement wouldn’t wake her.She’s still asleep?Yeah.Come outside. Back fence. Five minutes.I looked at Lauren’s face in the soft light. Her breathing was deep and even. I slipped out of bed, pulled on sweatpants and a t-shirt, and went downstairs without making a sound. The side door opened with its usual quiet click. Tessa was already standing at the shared fence in the backyard, barefoot, wearing one of my hoodies and nothing else I could see. The hoodie hit her mid-thigh. When the breeze moved it I caught a flash of bare hip.She didn’t say good morning. She just looked at me with those dark eyes and said, “I couldn’t wait until tomorrow.”I glanced back at the house. The bedroom window was still dark. I climbed over the low part of the fence and dropped into her yard. The second my feet hit the grass she grabbed the front o
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