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If Lianne had picked any other day this year to be nice toto take a little more than coffee to extract etic erad student who led my psych seain,In" And as soon as I heard that little tune, I realized I’d made an error of epic proportions

"Oh shit," I said to the walls ofmy own fuck-ups wasn’t my style "Hi Mom," I said

"Bella, your sister--"

"I know I’m sorry I’ve been frantic, and it totally slipped my mind" That was sure true "I’ll call her ih was loud "You’ve offended her, sweetie The grant and the award are very important to her How busy could you be?"

Well, the total i "I’ll call right now But you have to letup with you"

"Don’t you dare forget the banquet"

Shit! The fucking banquet "I won’t forget"

"I’ll see you then, sweetie"

"Yes, you will"

"Call your sister," she couldn’t resist saying once ain But the task could not be avoided, so I dialed ave roveling in real time I opened with, "I’ratulations, followed by ies

"That should do it," I said to nobody, throwing the phone down and rolling toward the wall I reconored

Rafe showed up next, and he was not so easily shaken off as Lianne "Bella," he said, knocking "Open up"