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I thought back to the chapter in Sense and Sensibility when Mr Dashwood has just died Marianne and Mrs Dashwood are overcoave the increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever ad consolation in the future This leaves Elinor to deal with their grasping relatives Elinor isn’t given the chance to grieve because she’s able to handle all of the grunt work
I was definitely an Elinor, nity … or the sense But I was dependable, overly analytical, and unable to shirk excessive responsibilities So I gathered the coffee cups and bit ue
“I’ll just take them into the kitchen,” I muttered “And join the other scullery maids”
I hefted the tray with one hand and nearly ran sh-school crush, Adam Morrow, a blond, dimpled, and ridiculously clean-cut veterinarian
“A-Adam!” I stuttered “Hi!”
At least one thing had re days: I still couldn’t find anything to say to Ada the back of his neck in sopholish, I had daydreams where Adam suddenly realized how luminously beautiful I was, inside and out He would finally realize that I was roup projects He’d ask ined proo into And now, all I could do was gawk at hirip on a tray of dirty coffee cups
“Hi, Jane,” he said, sain It’s been a while”
“What are you doing here?” I blurted Woo-hoo, a full, unstuttered sentence!
Ada a carefully Tupperwared seven-layer salad, though how anything involving hard-boiled eggs, bacon, ar could be considered salad, I have no idea “Maery this afternoon, and she’s still laid up on the pain pills She’s sorry she couldn’t make it”
“That was very thoughtful,” I said, accepting the boith ?”
“Just enough” He laughed, botto so at me closely “Because you look different Great but different”
He was staring atto solve Apparently, word hadn’t gotten around to Adam about my undead status So, for reasons I didn’t quite fathoh my pointy teeth
“I’ve been working out,” I told hihtly His interest seemed to perk up even further at the display of teeth “What have you been up to? How’s the clinic?”
He shrugged those wide shoulders “Oh, you know, patients who biteHow about you?”
I gri at the library”