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"Your mother-in-law is a hot nosis "I’m actually kind of worried about her It’s a trap, you know? If she’s got God in charge of all this, and then so bad happens to us, she’ll have to ad fat incentive to ignore bad news" Such as global warry, as if there were some betrayal involved

Dovey picked up an umbrella with mouse ears that had fallen into the aisle "I sahere so up money to move the whole kit and caboodle"

"Move what, the butterflies?" This was news to Dellarobia

"Yep," Dovey said "To Florida or so They would capture the"

"Wow I never even thought about that Where’d you hear this?"

"Topix," Dovey replied "It’s this site where people can post local news It h"

"Oh, well, I bet there’s plenty aboutfor Preston now but perfect for next Christmas But where could she hide it? Where would they all be in a year’s tiht-headed, al on the log, when Ovid mentioned her children’s adulthood Why should it feel so risky to count concretely on a future?

"So is there?" she pressed "Gossip about me?"

Dovey waggled her head from side to side "Don’t be so sure you’re the center of the universe Why is Hester so wrapped up in the whole butterfly thing?"

"I don’t know She and Bear are butting heads I guess Hester sees the monarchs as" Dellarobia couldn’t finish the sentence Maybe soone to the dogs: lazy son, troublerandkids, a husband sitting out church in Men’s Fellowship pretending it’s a honky-tonk,on the financial opportunity She’d nailed a coffee can to the pasture gatepost with a sign suggesting a five-dollar entry fee, which the sightseers ed to overlook No one in the faht of visitors The tree huggers, as Cub called thehed aloud, and Dellarobia turned to see the kidssuitcases from a matched set, both the same red plaid Preston had theTheir s somewhere?" she asked

"Africa," announced Preston

"Affica!" screaled and ran to catch their plane Africa, the uniht they were burrowing into the riverbank

"There’s probably a Maested

"Wouldn’t that be so heavy Dovey had avoided her question "It’s probably the sa on Facebook or whatever That I’ above my station"

"They’re jealous," Dovey conceded "That is the long and short of it"