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"Can I do it?" Muffy asks Dr Jessup, bouncing on the toes of her puraciously "Be uest"

I look up at Muffy She and I are friends, if you can call it friendship to share a et aith murder on the cauy (she’s currently dating my ex-boyfriend and remedial math teacher, Tadd Tocco)

Fortunately, Tadd and Muffy make ato Tadd’s co in love with another ht Muffy told ether that she’s pretty sure Tadd is going to propose (because she infore, if there isn’t forward momentum in a relationship after three months, it only makes sense to break up), but she’s on the fence about accepting

"On the one hand," she said over the healthy tuna salad wrap she purchased froer, and since I definitely want kids, I ht as well have them with Tadd You know they’ll be sh the roof, and we’ll save a lot on child care, since professors only work about three hours a week, so Tadd can stay home with them"

I’d been forced to admit this was true

"On the other hand," Muffy said, "I’d always hoped to marry a rich man so I could be the one to raise the kids I’irls back ho"

"Who cares what anyone else thinks?" I asked with a shrug over er and fries "It’s your life, not theirs You love your job, don’t you?"

"Yes," Muffy said firmly

"Good," I said "Just make sure you love Tadd too before you say yes when he asks you to ood chance at working out"

Now Muffy is looking atwith eagerness to tell me whatever fabulous news it is she has to impart

"Heather," she says, "I kno sad you were that your residence hall was closed for the su to do but twiddle your thu officially reopened this weekend to host the first ever Tania Trace Rock Calance quickly from Muffy to Dr Jessup to Stephanie, then to Sarah, then back again

"Wait," I say intelligently "What?"

"Yes," Sarah says unsirls here in the city for teeks, living their drea reat?"