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And I’ before that happens I know the simple solution is to ad—e’re starting to feel for each other—but by the way Carly’s answered every single one of their questions, it doesn’t see I want to do is take the decision to share away froard to her physical body and the secrets she chooses to keep

“You were in your room?” my dad accuses “Until now? You never sleep past seven”

Sgt Jaet this whole freak show in hand, but the sound of screeching tires pulls him up short

The source of the noise is obscured by the neighbors’ shrubs at first, but it’s not long before a golf cart co to a halt on the other side of the cop-carinto the buhtly

Several of the officers on the periphery take off toward the offender, including the one previously tasked with keeping et all that far before Bitchy Betty Matthews is off her cart and headed toward us, a scowl firmly on her face

“Ma’aht there”

She’s undeterred, though, pointing a finger at Carly from the center of the lawn, her face pinched into a hard line as she stomps in our direction I move toward Carly protectively, but she and Stella step forward toward their challenger, leaving me in their vacated spot on the stoop “You!” Betty yells intensely at Carly “I’ve been investigating the incident, and I know it had to be you that toilet papered Nan’s lawn last month!”

I close my eyes and try to breathe I al added to this circus, but I can hear it with my own ears and see it with , but the intensity of the situation is escalating by the ht we’d escaped the “Dick on the Lawn” incident we’ve affectionately naht unscathed, but evidently, soer-than-expected fuse

Carly doesn’t say anything back, shockingly enough, but Stella does turn to whisper so in her ear Whatever it is—and I truly don’t think it reatly

“This is all your fault!” she shouts angrily at Stella “You brought this miscreant into our community and sullied it! I should kick you out on your ass!”

Stella laughs uproariously “Oh please You wish you had that kind of authority, Betty Matthews!”

“You’d be surprised at what I can do,” Betty threatens back “In fact,” she continues to shout “I’ to have these officers arrest you and your classless daughter right now!”