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"Stopyou drive"

My smile died "Not funny, Joyce"

"Oh, shit, Sal, I’one too far She leaned over to touchenough I’h, okay? Just… for right now, please, noher lip

I somehow forced myself to smile "It’s not that bad Don’t As are nor to be the ones behind the wheel?" Not that I was that co to her driving history, she’d been in sixtickets since she got her license It wasn’t the sort of thing that inspired confidence But if I was going to be a good sister, I was going to let her drive me to the mall

"Every tio and say sootten in favor ofsure I realized hoeird I was That had been the idea "You get your coat I’ll get the keys"

"I’ on ood, and ht Maybe commerce would do the trick

After an hour at theMy feet hurt,I hadn’t volunteered to do, but seeingly of the isolation roo and always smelled like cats, and it would have been paradise compared to the food court at the San Bruno Mall

Worst of all, the outing wasn’t doing anything to take , it washo byJoyce’s h the crowd and placed an Orange Julius cup in front of rand flourish "Ta-da!"

I raised an eyebrow

"What?" She frowned "You’re supposed to be overcoratitude I hunted and killed that smoothie for you"

"My hero," I deadpanned

"I think you mean ‘heroine’ Heroes are male"

"Whatever" I shookto be a spoilsport"