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“She’s a thieving witch!”

“I know,” I console with a nod “I know”

“Then why didn’t you let me have at her? The people in there deserve to knoho they’re dealing with!”

I laugh a little, and she doesn’t take it kindly Fuck

I backtrack, holding , Carly It’s clear Betty’s big head has gotten away from her But if you don’t think the people in there notice, I think you’re kidding yourself Look at the old people across fro, but they were They caught it all And I guarantee it’s the sale person in there with Betty They kno she is And one day, it’ll all shake out in the Sunny Creek karma train”

“But I want her to have kar her hand and squeezing

“I know But how about…for noe go for a walk and calure out a scheive Betty the kind of karma she deserves and then some Deal?”

She scowls, but after ten seconds of narrowed eyes andfast, and I’ to have to churn those fucking legs, you got me?”

I sh

Oh, Carly Page, it’s really beginning to feel like you’re the one who’s got me

Carly

I walk as fast as physically possible without breaking out into a run Right foot Left foot Right foot Left foot My strides are long, and my arms swish back and forth at et to Yankee Candle on Black Friday

I don’t knohat it is about Betty Matthews that grinds ears, but I really don’t like the woman

You knohat, I actually do knohat it is—that broad is the bingo-cheating, trash-can-obsessed, called-my-momma-a-slut bully of Sunny Creek

And don’t even get me started on her rules