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"Go get the baking sheet," Mrs B said to Rebekah

Rebekah glanced at Eric and then went to retrieve a baking sheet, her buttery hands in the air

"Don’t think I don’t knohat you’re doing," Mrs B said to Eric as soon as Rebekah was out of earshot "Trying to interfere with her relationship with Isaac It won’t work She will s up"

Wow, this woman hated him It wasn’t the first time someone had hated Eric, but it didn’t usually bother hi my balls, lady?"

Mrs B’s eyebrows attempted to disappear into her hairline "Didn’t your mother ever teach you any manners?"

"No, actually, she deserted me when I was four years old"

"I can understand why," Mrs B huffed

Eric set his jaw in a harsh line and dropped the shaker on the counter He felt like he’d had the wind knocked out of him He didn’t often think about the onize over his situation or let it bother hi, eyes stinging, Eric turned and strode away before he called Rebekah’sbitch to her face

"What did you say to him?" he heard Rebekah ask her ," Mrs B said in a saccharine sweet voice "Isaac," she called "Would you h into strips? She was never any good at it"

"Sure thing, Mrs B," Isaac said eagerly

Aggie snagged Eric around the waist as he stalked by "We could use soed between Jace and Aggie They continued to peel potatoes Eric stood there and gulped air

"You okay?" Jace asked

"I was until Mrs Bitch showed up"

Jace sniggered "She uy miss his mama not at all"

"I think she’s even worse than "

"She gets along with Isaac fine She just hateswith her hip "She doesn’t know you, doll If she got to know you--"

"She’d hatenice and be o there, dude," Jace said

"Who cares what Mrs Blake thinks about you?" Aggie said "Rebekah loves you What her mother thinks doesn’t matter"

The three turned to watch Mrs B chatter anih into strips, while Rebekah coiled thelanced at Eric and offered hi her attention back to her dough arranging

"Rebekah would obviously rather be over here with you," Aggie said

"Yeah? So what’s stopping her?"

Aggie shoved the pot of peeled potatoes into Eric’s chest "Go rinse these in the sink over there, and bring them back so we can cut the the potatoes, Rebekah appeared at his side "Do you ers up for inspection "I’ht ahead"