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For so that when so in the world “What you need to concentrate on is finding out where your ent and getting to the bottom of this mess you’re in

I’d ive Lauren anything except her bringing harm to nosedI can to help her, but she won’t ever be allowed near ain, not without me there to supervise

I had to dissect s inthis way because of as going on in my head where Jenny was concerned The truth is that I never saw Jenny in that way, never gave her a second thought, and until here in the last day and a half

But my decision not to let Lauren back into my house waselse I’ll just have to learn how to deal with hts and keep them in check

JENNY

I heldeach ti As the days went by with no contact, I started to relax, then I came home from school one day, and he was in my kitchen I almost fell offat the kitchen island sipping a cup of coffee and talking totalked to rather; mom tends to talk a lot when she has a captive audience

It took me a few seconds to catch the thread of the conversation since neither of them noticed I was there, and when I did, I wanted the floor to open up and shole

“No, she never dated, not once I thought she was into girls there for a while, but when I asked, she just sniggered and shook her head Jenny does not snigger It was the weirdest da life since, but I’m pretty sure that isn’t it”

“I’ll tell you one thing; she ca her to babysit It was like having the old Jenny back again Didn’t last long though, soain”

Oh, I’ come to terms with the fact that my only child is an odd duck I think it coenius?” Helook because she nodded and continued “Tested and confirets it from to tell you the truth…”

I turned and snuck back out of the roo as ht flush on her cheeks, but Derrick didn’t bat a lash when he raised his cup to his lips

“Oh hi, Mr Masters, I didn’t know you were here”

“He cas you took over there for Thanksgiving Said it was the best Thanksgivinglife-changing

I chanced a look at his at the look on his face I looked ataround I sed hard and avoided his eyes “Mrs So to you, now I’d like to have a ith Jenny about babysitting the girls this evening”

“Oh, you two go ahead I’ll just finish trying to figure out these cookies I never should’ve given the chef the time off, but you knoith the holidays, everyone wants to be with their faoes back to the Caribbean to stay a ht herself and the look I was giving her

“Neverhe was here for and what other eht went out of rabbed ht of mom

“What kind of idiot are you? H?” I looked at hiry before

“I don’t… I’ it too hard to keep it in the face of his anger