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"That's not true, Mom!"

"It is too And it's been like that since you were little So maybe now that you can see it from the outside you'll understand it better"

Call nuive many details, but he said that he would ood news So today's reunion with Mrs Martin ht Jesse wouldn't put things that way, though Since their kiss under the tree, Kathy felt he had becoative thoughts before they even entered her mind

It was nice to have someone care soa relationship where she'd ended up feeling sheand that's why she didn't have it She realized, of course, that this first weeks' passion would develop into steadier warmth in time, at the very best But David's love had been halfhearted since day two, so that when the initial heat was mollified by time, all that was left was coldness

She had by chance found so better She should be happy

Call number four was truly unexpected

Her sister Mary, her older sister, as too occupied with her fao for a walk, have a cup of coffee, or si her now What the heck did she want?

"Hello?"

"Hi, Kath! How are you?"

Well, if I happened to be fine it wouldn't be thanks to your sisterly affection, would it? Oh, by the way, I' why since you've started to use your second naer Mary Ellen fit better with your new sophisticated personality - I've had to have nant!"

Oh! Does this ain? At least as Aunt Kathy? Or Aunt Kath? "Congratulations! Did you just know today?"

"No, no I' to Mum and she asked if I'd already told you… But it's funny because I thought she would have told you Anyway, she said she hadn't, so I picked up the phone"

Muht you'd like to tell ht Mary ELLEN? When it was ed call, Kathy helped her sister to finish it as soon as possible Unfortunately, it was not before Mary could inforht Kathy wanted or needed to know that David was seeing someone was a mystery She must have known it would hurt her sister, in one way or other, but she told her anyway