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"Look what the cat dragged in", said Charlie.

"Hello", said Dane. His voice held a certain calmness that will erupt very soon.

"Dane", I said. I was so surprised that was the only word I said.

"May I take my wife home?", he asked. But I don't think it was a request more like a command.

"Certainly. Wait a minute here", she asked him and dashed to me. I was still sitting on her couch dumbfounded.

She bend to whisper in my ear, "Told you the seduction would work".

I looked at her doubtfully. Her whisper was more like a shout-out. I gave her a look to shut up. But instead, she gave me a wide smile.

"Go on then it seems today is your lucky day", she said.

"Excuse me", I said to her before she blurts any more nonsense. I straightened my face so that I don't show any weakness anymore.

"I think it is time we sort this mess don't you?", he asked me.

"What mess?", I asked him with confused eyes.

"I will tell you on the way", he said to me. He was still in his wheelchair but he radiated so much