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Jen could often be just as sarcastic as Jacque, which at times caused them to be the best of friends and the worst

Jacque headed downstairs to find herup a store wo up in a foster ho who her real parents were She often had these "feelings" about things that were going to happen, and the scary thing was she was usually right Jacque and herto show signs of a sis, she could feel things – like others’ eht be in a roo, Jacque would knoithout a doubt her mother was sad or worried or confused She didn’t kno she knew it, she just did It wasn’t reliable, though, because she could go days without feeling another’s es; she just wanted to be normal

As Jacque looked around the kitchen, she saw there was a pan of fried chicken on the stove and corn in a pot of boiling water Heroes the southern ?" Jacque asked

"I’m almost done, I just need to put so them on a pan? They aren’t hoood"

"Yeah, I can do that" Jacque bent down to grab a pan "So, Sally, Jen and I ondering if you needed help carrying all this over to the Henrys’," she said, trying to sound casual Her ured she hadn’t even co to help or is this just a perfect opportunity to ht?" Lily asked

"Yes, he is a guy, and maybe ould like to see who he is But we do also really want to help you I don’t think you can carry all this over on your own," Jacque answered

"Well, I was going to ask you to help irls would be interested ino there, Mo to do with him It’s only natural to want to meet someone new, and especially since he’s not from our country," Jacque stated firmly

"Okay, okay, you don’t have to be defensive I will be ready just as soon as those rolls are done war to call the Henrys now toover in ten ht rows As her ht the briefest hint of worry co off of her It had been a while since she had picked anything up from her mom so it kind of made her take a step back I wonder what she’s worried about?

She headed back upstairs to see if the girls were done getting ready and to let them know the plan was in ht about how it sounded to have a "plan" to uy, and not meet him like "hey, what’s up," but ?" What was her world co voicesoh wait, she was Well, crap

Sally was done with her shower and doing her hair when she got upstairs Sally could be very efficient when she needed to be, and she wasn’t one to be overly fussy about her looks Of course, that could’ve been because she would be pretty even with a paper bag over her head Her long coffee-colored hair was striking against her mocha-colored skin She honestly didn’t look like a Sally Whatever, Jacque thought I didn’t pick her name

Jen was still in the shower and Jacque could hear her singing Martina McBride’s "Independence Day" She was belting it out proudly and tunelessly

Jacque banged on the door and hollered, "Yeah, yeah, you’re strong, free and independent, we get it Hurry up! We’re rolling out tenlouder Jacque rolled her eyes and went back to her roo that blondher here," Jacque told Sally, looking over to see her shoving her feet into shoes

"Well, I’o check hottie out," Sally said with a wink