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my thing. I’m pretty private.”
    “That’s understandable. Load me up.” He jostled the tray to show me what he meant and I set down the bags, stacking the other trays in his arms until he cut me off. “So no boating with them then?”
    “Oh, they’ll never really invite us. They’ve been making that vague offer since I moved in. Then when they actually are planning to go, they never say a word to me or ask. It’s always we should go or if I see them coming home, next time you should come with us .” I picked up my bags again and headed into the garage.
    “So, fake invite so they can bring up they have a boat,” he drawled, rolling his eyes as we walked into the house.
    “Pretty much,” I snickered, loving that he got that so easily.
    “Up or down?” he asked when he reached the entryway. My house wasn’t a split level, just a two story. But it was an open entryway that came in between both levels so it was a little over half a flight up or down. It was really neat and I liked the open space so it didn’t seem cramped ever.
    “Down.” I followed after him, then led him into the family room. “I thought maybe we could have a movie marathon and chill. Get you caught up on anything you might have missed but wanted to see. I have some work I can do on my laptop so I got some trays because I don’t feel like cooking and there wasn’t really anything to cook until I went shopping.”
    “You got these for me?” he gaped at me, setting them down on the cedar chest.
    “Well, I’m going to eat them too,” I chuckled as I dropped the Target bags on the couch. When I turned to get more I was suddenly in his arms.
    “Thank you, Lily. No one’s ever been so thoughtful or concerned about me.”
    “Wow, I really don’t like your family if you can say that just because I thought treats and movie marathon,” I whispered, hugging him back. What kind of monsters had he grown up with?
    “I was one of many and not traditional in their eyes,” he mumbled, kissing my cheek as he pulled away. “Another story for another day.”
    “Of course. Glad your voice sounds better.”
    “Yeah, that tea was amazing.”
    “I also got you some cough drops. I figured that would be the best thing too.” I turned and picked them out of the Target bag, holding them up for him. He tore them open the moment he took them from me and popped one into his mouth. So maybe his throat wasn’t all that okay yet.
    “I’ll go get the rest of the stuff.”
    I let him. I was exhausted. I plopped my butt on the couch and started taking covers off the trays.
    “Hy-Vee bags up or down?” he yelled from the hallway.
    “Hy-Vee up, Target down, along with pop and water. You can lock the car and close the garage when you’re done.”
    “You got it.”
    I could get used to this, not having to do everything myself.
    Ten minutes later, I had my X-box loaded with my Amazon Instant Video account and we were sitting down to dinner.
    “Oh, right, the Target bags are for you,” I chuckled as I dipped an egg roll in sauce.
    “Me? Why are you getting me things?” he asked, his eyes going wide.
    “You were right. Your clothes have seen better days,” I hedged, realizing this could be tricky territory. “I just got some basics.”
    “Lily, there’s like seven bags here,” he argued as he moved to the floor. He started rooting through them, stacking the clothes on one side of him and setting all the supplies on the stone of the fireplace. Then he held up the flip flops.
    “Yeah, I didn’t check your shoe size. We can get something else later but I figured those were better than nothing.” I shrugged and bit into my egg roll.
    “These are perfect. I used to live in ones just like these. I can’t believe you did all of this for me especially after I hit—oh my god. How are you?” He jumped up and gently grabbed my chin, wincing at the bruise I’d seen forming in the car’s mirror. “I’m so sorry.”
    “It was an accident, Jasper.