6:19<\/p>\n
Gareth pulled out the chair and dropped a big bundle of worn manila envelopes on the table. They were all different sizes and tied together in a neat package with butcher’s string.<\/p>\n
He smiled at Rowan and said, \u201cCan I get a beer or something here?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSure, bottles, or they’ve got a pale ale on tap.\u201d Rowan gestured at the passing waitress. \u201cSo, everything good?\u201d<\/p>\n
Gareth smiled halfheartedly. \u201cI guess. My old man showed, eventually, and it all went the way it was supposed to. Creepy place though.\u201d He nodded towards the bundle. \u201dAnd I got what I wanted anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
He paused while the waitress dropped off the beer and mumbled, \u201cThanks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot sure how I feel about my old man, though. I thought I’d let it all go,once I got my way, but I still can’t figure why he did it and that just keeps pissing me off again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHey,\u201d Rowan said slowly, \u201cy’all remember I don’t know nothin’ ’bout this, right? Always did seem a bit too much \u2019citement about a minor thang. Not enough to rile ya up so much anyway. Not prying, mind ya, just sayin\u2019 is all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMinor? I suppose, but there are<\/i> a few things you probably don’t know. Like that guy we call my dad … well, not so much. And this stuff here on the table: these belong to my real father. so you can see why it might \u2019rile me up\u2019 some that he wasn’t letting me have them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rowan stifled the urge to let her jaw drop. She’d known Gareth\u2019s father all her life, or at least she’d thought she had. This certainly changed her viewpoint, more than a tad.<\/p>\n
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