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"Are you sure you’re okay?" she asked me

Time to act normal I cleared my throat

"Yeah So, there’s a party next week for the end of the school year I ondering if I could ht of Scott and hoped she’d say yes

Patti sniffed and twitched her nose

"Will this person’s parents be there?" she asked in a tight tone

Would they? "I don’t know"

"Well, I’ll need to talk to theether with parental supervision, then I’ll consider it"

Sheesh PattiMe! The school’s Little Miss Goody-Goody I didn’t understand why she couldn’t trust , because she set the paper down and gavepat on the arm

"You still want to get your license after school today, hon?"

"Yes," I answered Because that hat norn norht And then dinner at La Tía’s?"

"Yes!" I said,Mexican food was our favorite We went to the little rinky-dink restaurant for every birthday, and whenever Patti got an unexpected bonus, which wasn’t very often Newspapers and other agencies hired her sporadically, so her inco the years I attended private school, despite partial financial aid I puton public school when I found a pile of late notices tucked between two cookbooks