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He gets up from his chair and points to his fruit basket "Put that in the kitchen, will you? I don’t want it to go to waste while we’re out of town"

"Sure," I say, relieved that he’s dropping the whole Mardee thing I pick up the basket and head out, trying to shake off the feeling of shas out in e of her personal life Hell, I was only nineteen irls It was hardly hborhood scues since then

I will not have a repeat of Mardee

The kitchen is clean and quiet now that Friday afternoon has passed into Friday evening I stick the basket of fruit in the fridge with the others so it will keep over the weekend Antoine is a fanatic about his fruit baskets My gaze wanders to the largeover the sink and I spy Rook’s garden apart in front of it, looking out on the cherry trees

I have to agree with Antoine This girl is a Mardee waiting to happen and I should really ht so she doesn’t wander off and get in trouble in the rowdy neighborhood

But why? She has no building code, so she can’t leave I set to take her the code and then I can enjoyto wonder if her skinny ass needs saving Yes, this ht

I leave the kitchen, take the stairs three at time, and walk the hallway down to ets the chance

Sounds like a perfect plan to ht - ROOK

Elise never appears withwith the e I ate today ell, a ten-dollar latte at Starbucks doesn’t count as food, really So I have not eaten anything today

I peek out theat the studio building From the front room I can see the two-story s on the fourth and fifth floors, and then on the sixth floor, there are so, but now everything is dark I’m pretty sure there’s a kitchen inside, but arden aparto into the studio

So I’arden