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“Or the cops warning you about littering” Sophie chuckled
“That would be just my luck” She ran the palhed “And she is pregnant, isn’t she?”
Sophie nodded sadly “Yep, no doubt about it You’ve got two hoed, hung over, and, she realized after glancing at the email that had just coether an office outfit before starting a new teht’s sleep, but if she didn’t clear up the airborne toxins, it would probablyHer throat felt dry
“Can you put soed in her suitcase Last night should not have happened, for so er? What was she thinking? “Got work in the o” Sophie bounced up fronancy buo” Piper wished for once that she didn’t have to be the sensible, reliable sister It had been fun to let it rip in Florida, but noas over “We have no other regular incoht now, rereide “Business slow?”
“It’s doing fine, sweetheart, but silvering pretty shells for a living only works for one person, not tith a baby due any day Still, I just got an e in a finance department tomorrow”
She pushed the three unanswered texts on her phone froht stand boy, Matt DeLeo, to the back of her o to voicemail The unknown number was probably him as well What would be the point of further contact? They lived thousands of miles apart and he was a self-confessed bum A bum with a body like a Renaissance e thehiuess yourup here on New Year’s Eve with a bun in the oven and nowhere to go?” Sophie said
Piper alhed at the draer than Piper, Sophie had always been a pro at turning on the orks “I would never turn you away, and you know it This arrangeht?”
Sophie sniffed and picked at a spot of pink fluff on her tuo back to Alessandro, you do know that? And Mory I hooked up with him in the first place I don’t think they’d have ed”
“You could try They’ll coive them a call and try to make up?” Piper yanked open a kitchen drawer “YouAlessandro back into your life, but somebody has to pay the bills in this place while you sort your life out”
“You were the only one I could turn to”
“I know It’s okay,” Piper said gently, “but I could really use some help around the place froratefully “You could always ask the old man for a loan”
Piper slaripped in her hand “Are you crazy? Moe as it is I can look after things myself just fine And you, lady, can do your own dirty work and ask Dad for money”