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invited to play a club in
Camden Town in about one month.”
    “Which is in
London,” Florian explained.
    “Awesome!” Gaby and Tamara blurted out at the
same time.
    “That’s why I
thought it might be a good idea to go to London during the same
week,” Florian continued, probing their reactions. “So we can see
Moritz and the band perform?”
    “Of course we
should,” Julia enthused, looking around the circle of faces. “He’s
gotta have his homefront supporters with him. And in return for our
attendance, he can be our guide in London.”
    “We’ll be there,” Gaby nodded. “Goes without
saying.”
    Moritz looked
so genuinely happy , a broad grin
splitting his face in two, that he resembled a cheerful toddler
despite his mohawk and numerous piercings.
    Axel returned
holding two drinks, squeezing himself between Gaby and Tamara as he
sat the beers down on the table. “Here you go,
ladies.”
    “What do we owe
you?” Gaby asked, digging around in her
purse to find her wallet.
    “A heart-felt
kiss, darling. What else?” Axel winked
lecherously .
    “Sounds like a good deal
to me.” Gaby inched closer and pressed
her lips to Axel’s cheek. “By the way, we have to tell you about the
new London plan,” she quickly prattled on. “Moritz is about to make
history in England. Listen to this.”
    As Gaby, Florian and Tamara filled Axel in on the
details of Moritz’s shot at fame next month, Julia observed her
cousin over the rim of her beer glass. She could be mistaken, but
she was fairly sure he’d turned slightly red when Gaby had kissed
him just now. A hint of a smile crossed her face. Well have you
ever – she never would have seen that coming.
    “What the hell?” Gaby suddenly blared, shooting a glance in the
direction of the dartboard, her eyes widening. “Do my
eyes deceive me? Is that Michael ? Shouldn’t he be in the
hospital?”
    Julia moaned
inwardly. Not again – she was full up on
stories about Michael’s amazing recovery. What’s more, she didn’t
want to be subjected to Gaby’s scrutinizing look once Axel and
Florian told her how he’d invited her for a game of darts. If she
started blushing, Gaby would have it in for her.
    “I’m going to the restroom,” she announced
abruptly, pushing her way through the O’Malley’s crowd without
looking back. She kept gazing ahead, just to make sure she wouldn’t
catch a certain someone’s eye while passing the games corner.
    When Julia
emerged from the restroom, Gaby was waiting for her at the door.
“I’m sorry I brought him up,” she apologized, sounding contrite.
“Axel explai ned to me you already talked
to Michael and how he made you kind of nervous.”
    “Well,
nervous…” She shrugged.
    “And no
surprise there . I mean, seriously, what
is he doing here? Shouldn’t he be in bed with some kind of
IV drip in his arm? He looks like nothing happened to him. Good
call, by the way, turning him down for that game of darts. The bastard.”
    “Yeah, I thought it was
best to avoid him.” Julia felt her face
turn hot. Not because Gaby had paid her a compliment, but because
she was lying through her teeth. She didn’t want to avoid Michael. She
wanted to know what was up with him, what had changed him, but at
the same time, her inner voice of reason agreed whole-heartedly
with Gaby.
    Frowning, she followed Gaby and rejoined
their group. When Michael left the pub with his friends about ten
minutes later, he gave her a look over his shoulder and caught her
eye, smiling warmly at her. Julia bit her lip and looked away
without smiling back.
    “Well done,” Gaby mumbled next to her.
“Ignore him. He did the same thing to you.”
    “So, are we
going to Shamrock next time?” Julia asked . That way, she’d at least be able to avoid encountering
Michael with all her friends around.
    Florian nodded
vigorously. “Good idea – I’m telling you,
that place is good for our love lives. I bet you’ll meet someone to
play white knight to

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