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Chapter 37

Betsy, you have to have to have to co around on the Cape and CHRTM!

"You&039;re right," Jessica said, squinting at the printout of Marc&039;s latest gabble "It&039;s pretty inco hirown irl He kno I feel about all the silly e-ot about fifty bigger problems to worry about"

"Yeah, I know So finish already! You told the Council that you gave Antonia more superpowers than she already had, and then what?"

"Then they decided to call it a night I&039;m supposed to answer ht&039;s the full ht, maybe Or-wait Isn&039;t the full moon usually for a couple of days?"

Jessica, who had been walking beside me down the beach, stopped and stared at on: "What? So&039;s on that so-called mind of yours Spit it out"

"This is crap, Betsy," she said, kindly enough "You&039;ve done everything they&039;ve asked You did everything you could for poor Antonia, and then soer than they ever i out until they have everything settled their way? Bullshit"

"So, what? We leave before they&039;re satisfied? How does that fix anything?"

"I don&039;t know, but I sure don&039;t like how you&039;re letting them push you around"

"Well, they do sort of outnumber me seventy thousand to one"

"That&039;s ide There can&039;t be more than three thousand on the Cape"

"Much better odds," I said glumly

"Look, that&039;s part of the reason I had to break up with Nick-"

Ielse to hate myself for"

"Oh, just stop it," she scolded "I don&039;t blame you-even if he does-and he made his choice"

"Yeah, but-don&039;t youhi to cost too much Even for me"

"I wish" I trailed off "I don&039;t knoish for everything, I guess"

"You can&039;t tell me Sinclair is fine with all of this"

"No, he&039;s pissed IThen he thought the rest of it was funny"

"Your husband is a whack job"

"Tell ht now"

"Split ends?" Jessica inquired

"Shut your cake hole"

"Ah, cake That reminds me, I missed lunch today"

"Can you stay focused, please?"