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So what's your middle name, Lily Bloom?"
I groan, which makes him perk up.
"You mean it gets worse?"
I drop my head in my hands and nod.
"Rose?"
I shake my head. "Worse."
"Violet?"
"I wish." I cringe and then mutter, "Blossom."
There's a moment of silence. "Goddamn," he says softly.
Yeah. Blossom is my mother's maiden name and my parents thought it was fate that their last names were synonyms. So of course when they had me, a flower was their first choice."
"Your parents must be real assholes.
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