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The Ant greeted us with, "Get inside quick! There&039;s a killer on the loose!" She grabbed me by the jacket collar-the first time she&039;d touched me in years-and hauled me into the foyer Laura hurried in behindslammed in her face

"Those aren&039;t killers," I explained, unbuttoning my coat "They&039;re Cub Scouts They just want to sell you so paper"

"Very funny, Betsy" The Ant was quite the wreath herself in a dress of poison green, which she had tri fake red fingernails, and large red hoop earrings Her lipstick matched her accessories, and her eyelids were as blue as the Caribbean Her fake eyelashes were so long I at first thought a couple centipedes had crawled up there and died

"No, it&039;s the Driveway Killer," she was insisting, helping Laura (Laura had that effect on people) off with her big puffy coat "He struck again! Took one of ht she&039;d, you know, just left-her husband-" The Ant made the universal "drinky drinky" er "But then her body turned up in the parking lot of the

Lake Street Wal-Mart Lake Street

! Can you ied The Ant could tax even her forhbor," I said, and I h the sentiht where your body turned up was far more i her own business, corabbed her I&039;ve been scared out of ine," I said sweetly

"So you have to be very careful around here, girls"

I assu happened to you, I don&039;t knohat I&039;d do"

I was, against all my better instincts, touched "Aw, Antonia I don&039;t knohat to say"

"We&039;ll be careful," Laura promised

The baby monitor was on the little table for the car keys, and we could hear a thin wailing co out from it "Please, please be careful! Nobody else will sit with Baby Jon while he&039;s like this"

"Jesus, Antonia He&039;s got colic, not rabies"

"And I&039;ht on ti out of you When did he eat last?"

"The baby nurse left all that on a note on the fridge" The Ant was putting on her black wool coat Her hair didn&039;t th "The party is supposed to be over around one"

"Where is Mr Taylor?" Laura asked

"Oh, he&039;s" The Ant esture "Don&039;t worry, if I have too oodness," I said "If you get too blitzed, just take a nap in the driveway and wait around for co funny again"

I glared "A little funny"

Laura walked in the direction of the kitchen

The Ant left

I went upstairs, scooped up led hiasped and decided to knock off with the crying My finely tuned vae

We went back downstairs and caught up with Laura, as standing at the ned Jennifer Clapp, RN

"She has a baby nurse, and she needs us?" She clucked her tongue at Jon, who grunted in return

"The nurse only works business hours And ht nurse when the Ant&039;s home all day"

"Mr Taylor said no to her?"

"It happens occasionally" Propping Jon&039;s well-cushioned bottom on e and gri lettuce, soy sauce, Egg Beaters, and bottles of formula If I was alive, that&039;d be a real probleical father Nobody knew that little factoid but me, her, and the devil

It was really complicated and would have even been silly if it wasn&039;t so frightening See, the devil possessedto report the Ant was (is!) such a in&039; unbelievable is that?