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He fired them all Anyway, Lydia knew I needed hteen and the hours were conducive toclass schedule I have my enetic luck of the draw, but at this point inhomeless Never in , but desperate times and all that

At least when Dale owned the place, I could convince myself it was just a job

Now that Popcorn’s at the heled

Now, I do my best to just keep e without getting dirty, so to speak Which, is ironic because the only thing I’ve ever done in real life with a boy is kiss Bobby Klosky in sixth grade One kiss and he tried to stick his tongue in ave him a black eye

I’ve got a plan injob as well as payLydia out of whatever trench she’s currently in It’s a back-and-forth online negotiation right noith this guy who’s being a total ass, and I don’t dare tell Lydia I knohy ave me the brooch when I was fifteen and told me to keep it a secret She said, that soht direction inbrooch; back then I didn’t think much about it, but when Briawas changing into find some history on it

Holy kapow My Gran was right about it pointing me in a direction I sent pictures to an online appraiser to be sure and when I got his e me the history, provenance, and the potential value…I knew she was looking out for ers crossed that the brooch’s value, estimated between one-hundred and fifty and two-hundred thousand dollars, is going to be the saving grace I need right now

The back of the Buick starts to fishtail, heat bolting throughwheel harder

“Jesus take the wheel” I grit an you learn how to handle driving in the snow, but it also teaches you when to change your plans

I slow to a near crawl on the freeway, hitting the button for n for a rest area and pull off, park and call Bria

Her chipper voice coh

“Hello there, Cheery Cherrie” She blends e name “How’s the drive?”

“Not so good, actually It’s co it I pulled off, not sure what I should do Probably turn around, I’ all the way to you”

“Yeah, the roads up here are ato coet our little road plowed for you with his truck, but the dirt roads leading into the property are going to be dicey”

“I was so looking forward to co I need my bff”