"Yeah, me too." She smiled softly, thinking of how long it had been since she had this much fun.
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(Sounds good. Yeah, just hadn't really thought about it until now.)
"How much do you pay him?" Laurel wanted to know the truth. Ever since she had figured out what had happened between her father and Ryker she had been anxious to see him in the hope that he would give her the answer she sought. "How much did you pay my father for me?!" She demanded again, this time louder.
Andorra looked at the time and said, "We better get some rest of we're not going to be much good in the morning. "
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Ryker smiled broadly and admitted, "It wasn't a very large sum of money, so much as it had to do with his supply of alcohol. But you're in better hands Laurel. In time you'll see." He then proceeded to do his exam of her.