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"Fine"
A huge smile curved ?" she continued "Do you even have a place--"
"A friend ofood part of town?"
"Moreat" Not a lie Mulvaney’s is right around the corner fro located on top of a bar
"All right Georgia I can see you want this We were just looking forward to having you houilt stabbed at me My mother, my familythey just loved me Mom especially She cared about me I shouldn’t resent her for it Myaddict who’d abandoned her only child Or E on the day, either cruel or indifferent to her daughter My mom cared too much That was her crime
"Find out the timeline Maybe you can schedule a trip home before school starts in the fall"
I nodded, happiness bubbling up inside me "I will I’ll let you know"
I stayed on the phone for a few reatall the latest Harris neith me Apparently Mom had breakfast with his mother at the club last weekend I didn’t even interrupt when she voiced--again--the inevitability of our getting back together
Ending the call, I proppedwasn’t such a dismal prospect
THE LAST WEEK AND a half of classes flew by My final paper was turned in My last exam taken All my boxes were packed--and not justout andas Reece lifted the final box and marched out into the hall with it
Pepper sank down on the mattress beside us Thesound with the addition of her weight The room was completely bare Naked brick walls stared down at us
"This is it," Pepper declared with a forced s with the threat of tears, as I stared at her I reached out to caress the loosely braided auburn hair that hung over her shoulder
"It’s not like this is good-bye," E ether every week," I said, led even to ht," Pepper agreed, pointing at both of us in ether Reruns, fine, but new episodes are off-limits"
But it won’t be the saether in the sa full-time with Reece Even in the fall when Eether with Suzanne (she had agreed to move in with us), it would never be like before Em would hardly ever be there She’d be with Shaw And it would only be a matter of ti on Growing up It was right Good And I was happy for all of us So why did this suck so ht "You sure you don’t need help ot it Reece already helpedleft for me next door Just an empty room like this one "I can take it from here I’ll head over this afternoon"