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He backs out of the driveway "Who?"

"Guess"

"Uot John Ambrose McClaren!"

Peter just looks confused "McClaren? Why would he write you a letter?"

"Because I wrote him one, remember? Same as I did to you There were five love letters, and his was the only letter that never caht it was lost forever, but then a tree fell in John’s driveway after this last ice storht the letter"

"Who’s Mr Barber?"

"He’s thecompany--that’s all beside the point, anyway The point is, John only just gotto write back"

"H vents "So he wrote you an actual letter? Not an email?"

"No, it was a real letter that came in the mail" I watch to see if he is jealous, to see if this new developain The second hhtest bit jealous "How is the Sundance Kid anyway?" He snickers "McClaren used to hate when I called hiht; there’s a line to get into school

"What’d the letter say?"

"Oh, you know, just ‘how are you,’ the usual sort of things" I look out theI’ extra information because his ho-hum reaction hasn’t merited any Doesn’t he have the decency to at least act like he cares?

Peter dru out with hiht of Peter and John Aain is discouely I say, "Hreat idea

"I think he still hasabout me?"

"Like what?"

"I don’t know Like did he ask what I was up to?"

"Not really"

"Hmm" Peter’s mouth turns down into a miffed sort of expression "What’d you write hiot it! I haven’t had ti back"

"Tell him I say hey when you do," he says