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She leaned against the sink, a hand on her hip "I introduced you to thewith him, not to have you turn around and… manipulate the circumstances"

"How did I do that?"

"You kno! You told hi like an idiot"

"What’d he do, break it off?"

"Of course he didn’t break it off! He proposed to ht!"

"He did? Well, that’s great! Congratulations I hope you said yes"

Vera’s mouth turned down at the corners and she burst into tears I was taken aback For a sophisticated wo like a little kid I foundher aardly It’s not easy to cohtly while I raised up on tiptoe It was not the full California body hug of longtime friends Contact was limited to the upper portions of our torsos where ere linked like the tings of a wishbone

"What aht think about getting ested helpfully

"I caaaan’t"

"Of course you can, Vera People do it every day"

"I’m too old and too tall and he says he wants kids"