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"I’lad we had this little talk," her reat expectations for you I know you won’t disappoint uests when they left the house, the ift "You can go now I’ll see you at dinner, all right?"

Harper shivered at thewhen she saw that it was e and ready to leave Where was Dora? she wondered irritably She cupped her chin and let her gaze wander the café, then out the frontShe spied Dora through the , approaching the store She sat up, expectantly The bell over the door chimed and Dora walked in

Harper felt all the frustration and anger pent up in her chest release in her short laugh of delight Dora was bea one of the dresses that Harper had selected for her It was a navy print with vertical lines that coht about this change of heart in Dora, but it , she shot her hand in the air and waved it in an enthusiastic arc Dora spotted her and her eyes lit up at seeing her

"You look gorgeous!" Harper exclaireet her "I love you in that dress"

Dora swept her in a bear hug and whispered by her ear, "And I just plain love you"

They held tight for awords this ti, unbreakable bond between them

Dora released her and stepped back, a bit flustered Harper could see the redness in Dora’s eyes that revealed she’d been crying

"Want soet it My treat I kept you waiting long enough"

Harper watched Dora get in line to place the order with the barista As she waited, a rush of ideas flooded her head, fun things they could do together--just to Street Sry scribbling and, cru them in her hands, walked across the room and tossed the by the ti by the front atching for the aout fro her hands on her starched white apron

"At last," she huffed "I hope they didn’t eat nothin’ I’ve been cooking this rabbit food for an hour, trying to give it some taste"

"I hope they’ll like what I’ve done," Mamaw said nervously She turned to Lucille "Do you think they will?"

" ’Course they’ll like it Who wouldn’t?"

"I don’t want the?"

Maenerous does the job"

Lucille guffawed "Well, look at theenerosity been workin’ with those two"