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“Hey, Merry,” she said “How are you doing?”

“Fine,” I told her “Things are going well”

“With everything?” she asked

“All the platforms, yes,” I told her “Visits to all of the accounts are up, and we are seeing a steady increase in all for content”

“What about other things?” she asked

I looked at her as if I didn’t knohat she was talking about, hoping it h for her to drop the conversation

“What other things?” I asked

The innocent look didn’t work

“Things other than work You seemed a little distracted over the last week And I’ve noticed you haven’t been socializing with anybody like you were before Especially Quentin I thought the two of you had planned on having regular n,” she said

“We did,” I said “But since things have been going well, we’ve decided email works just as well”

Minnie nodded politely but I knew she didn’t buy one bit of my story She ay too shrewd of a woed between Quentin and , in the co near Quentin It felt good to be so appreciated and valued that she did not immediately side with her son and instead did what she could to create har and soon it would just fade into o back to normal