“Thanks
for
going
out
with
me
tonight,
Shelly.”
“Thanks
for
inviting
me,
Dare.
I
really
enjoyed
myself.”
And
she
had.
They
had
seen
a
comedy
featuring
Eddie
Murphy
at
the
Magic
Johnson
Movie
Theater
near
the
Greenbriar
Mall.
Afterwards,
they
had
gone
to
a
restaurant
that
had
served
the
best-tasting
seafood
she’d
ever
eaten.
Now
they
were
walking
around
the
huge
shopping
mall
that
brought
back
memories
of
when
they
had
dated
all
those
years
ago
and
had
spent
a
lot
of
their
time
there
on
the
weekends.
Dare
claimed
the
reason
he
was
in
no
hurry
to
end
their
evening
was
because
he
wanted
to
give
his
parents
and
siblings
a
chance
to
bond
with
AJ,
and
he
thought
the
stroll
through
Greenbriar
Mall
would
kill
some
time.
“How
do
you
like
the
type
of
work
you’re
doing
now,
working
outside
the
hospital
versus
working
inside?”
This
was
the
first
time
he
had
ever
asked
her
anything
about
her
job
since
she’d
moved
back.
“It
took
some
getting
used
to,
but
I’m
enjoying
it.
I
get
to
meet
a
lot
of
nice
people
and
because
of
the
hours
I
work,
I’m
home
with
AJ
more.”
Dare
nodded.
“I
never
did
tell
you
why
I
stopped
being
an
agent
for
the
Bureau,
did
I?”
Shelly
shook
her
head.
“No,
you
didn’t.”
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