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"All that shopping yesterday," Dakota suggested

"I think it was the nu in and out of stores"

"Do you have clients today?"

"After one I’ just holler I’ll send Walt over with a biological warfare suit and soe that ca back" Dakota had always been a closet prepper Soh food for four nancy some of that waned

"The old Dakota needed to remove the cast and the ten pounds of baby in her belly Do you have any idea how good that first shower felt when I came home cast free?"

"You’ve already told me" About a dozen tiivearound in your house"

"I will Talk to you later"

"Bye"

Mary alood-bye, but didn’t

She took a nap around ten, had some hot soup for lunch, and left for the office at twelve thirty feelinglot at work, her phone rang

"I ondering if I’d hear froht-hour ti she wanted to get used to

"Meetings all day Dinner with clients How are you?"

Mary rubbed her forehead as if it was going to ease the ache inside "I’m actually kinda sick"

"Oh, no"

"Yeah, think I picked up so ill"

"Don’t we all And I’ to have to cut this short"

"You go I just wanted to tell you I was thinking about you"

She cradled the phone as she sat in her car talking on it "Iout again on Friday to come see you"

"I can’t wait I should be better by then"

"And Mary?"

"Yes?"

"I’lad you asked"

He disconnected the call and she forgot about her headache

"I have soe when she ith a client, and when she called him back, this was how he started the conversation

"I’"