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"Were you-did you-" I finally spit it out "Were you planning this? Scratch that: how long have you been planning it?"

"I didn&039;t really plan it," she confessed "I carpe&039;d the diem"

"Well, Laura, I hope you-hope you know that for the-for your ood I mean, she was almost nice Which for her, was really nice"

"Yes, I know"

"Just give her time She&039;ll, uh" Grow a soul? "And Laura don&039;t take this the wrong way or anything, but if you were planning on saying anything to our father"

"Christ," the woman in the back said "This is better than Days of Our Lives"

"Shut up!"

"That&039;s good advice," Laura said

"No, uh I ht now, anyway"

"Don&039;t worry," Laura said, tight-lipped "I wasn&039;t"

"That&039;s a load off my mind," the dead woman in the back said