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“Can you paint mine red like yours?” Luna asked

“Sure” I glanced at Hallie, as looking down at her sneakers “What do you think, Hal? Red? Purple? Blue?”

She smiled “You really have blue?”

“I really do”

“Okay” She looked a little anxious about it, but she nodded “I want blue”

“Great Then maybe we can show off our toes at the pool today Why don’t you go tell your dad we’re going to play salon over here, and I’ll get everything set up?”

“Okay!”

“And when you come back, just wear flip-flops, okay? Or bare feet You won’t be able to put on socks and sneakers”

They joyfully skipped back toward their place, and I headed for the upstairs bathrooet all my supplies

As I went up the steps, I wondered if Dex would come too If I’d had his nuot back downstairs, I set the nail polish bottles on the counter and decided to go over and knock on his door

I went to the front this time, and he opened it with a cup of coffee in his hand He wore gray sweatpants and a US Navy T-shirt Hishbor”

“Morning I came over to ask for your number”

He took a sip of his coffee The hter’s boot on it and read My Dad is My Hero “Why?”

“I think ht rinned “I kno you are about safety”

“Ah” He sipped again, his brown eyes dancing “Then I suppose I could give it to you For safety reasons”

“Why don’t you coe information?”

“Just information?”

I laughed “This time, yes”

“I could co me a favor “Have you eaten breakfast?”

“Not yet Just coffee”

“I’ll bring you a monkey bread muffin”

My eyebrows lifted in surprise “Were you at Plu?”

“Yes The girls insisted” He paused “And I ht have asked your mom what your favorite muffin was”

“Look at you being a nice guy”

“I know” He put his gru tell anyone”