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"I read some parts that were, ah, hmm, pretty detailed"

She snorts "And you assuain "And here I thought you knew me But heck, I so wish I could live up to that assessht There is a mysterious eroticis It, she, affects me"

In some small way it coes as I am, and I don’t knohy What in the world do I need co about ical

"Once David and I finish with the journal," Ella continues, drawingto take pictures of a few inti the journals on eBay They’re going to bring in big ape, appalled at this idea "You can’t seriously intend on selling this wohts on eBay?"

"Heck yeah, I do," she says "Making ame Besides, for all we know it’s all fiction"

Her words are cold and she surprisesabout a wohts, Ella Surely, you don’t want to profit off of her pain"

Her brows dip "What pain? It sounds like all pleasure toshe owns at auction That isn’t pleasure"

"I’ her richlife in a grand way" Her voice turns somber "I have to think like that to do this, Sara Please don’t uilty This is money I need and if I didn’t do this, soue, but relent Ella is alone in this world, with no family aside from an alcoholic father who doesn’t know his own name most of the time, let alone hers I know she feels she has to havemyself all too well I too aht now

"I’ood for you I’htly and she nods her acceptance before she pushes to her feet I stand with her and give her a hug She s into the instant sunshine I so often find she brings intoforward to a bit of that spellbinding action ourselves tonight," she announces hs and waves a few fingers at ht I knoill"

I sink back into my chair and watch the door close

The sound of pounding on ain takes roggy, and eye the clock Seven in theononavepink robe that is not fuzzy, but does say ‘Pink’ across the back More knocking has begun

"Sara, it’sroom "Hurry! Hurry!"

My heart flutters because not only is Ella clearly in some sort of panic, but unlike me, who doesn’t like to waste a second of any day, Ella doesn’t get up before noon on days she doesn’t have to The instant I yank open the door, Ella flings her arasp, pulling back and tugging Ella inside, out of the chill of the early ht before "What are you talking about? What’s happening?"

"David proposed last night," she exclai to Paris this " She eyes her watch and squeals "In two hours"

She shoves so into my hand "That has the key to my apartment On the kitchen table, you’ll find the journal and the key to the storage unit If it’s not cleared out in teeks, it has to be rented, or it’s auctioned off yet again So take it and sell the stuff The o Either way, it doesn’tto Paris, then honey in Italy!"

Protectiveness fills et hurt and I’ve never even heard her say she loves David "You’ve only known this man for three months, sweetie I’ve only ot called ae’d been planning to get together

"I love hiood to me You know that"

No, I don’t know that, but while I try to find the right way to say it, she is already reaching for the door "Ella-"

"I’ll call you when I arrive in Paris, so keep your cell handy"

"Wait!" I say, shackling her arht up with excitement "Aa dreaives et back we’ll have a reception" Her eyes soften "You knoanted you with me for this, don’t you? But David knew I had no family He wanted to whisk me away so that it wouldn’t be painful" She pokes at the tuckered spot that always appears betweenthat face It’ll be wrinkled when you get older And I’le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">