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After a fewat my food, Mark tossed his napkin on his e his hand out to ’ painful to watch”

“Thank God,” Forrest said, shoveling a huge bite of potatoes into his ivin’ me a nervous stomach”

I got up without arguh the tables

“There she is,” ive-et some food”

“We got some,” I said as I handed Olive off I braced myself as I turned to Lily

“Hey, little sister,” I said softly

“It took you long enough to co to her feet “Jesus, it’s like I have the plague or so”

I let out the breath I’d been holding as she wrapped her ar

“Missed you,” I said, leaning ainst hers

“Missed you, too,” she replied, letting o “Back to cause trouble, huh?”

The words were offhand Her tone and body language were easy and friendly Everyone kneas a joke

But I still felt“No use co back otherwise,” I replied, my tone and manner just as easy as hers

Except, suddenly, the entire feel of the table changed

“Let’s just not,” Rose called out from her place at the next table “I’m too fuckin’ tired to deal with it”

“Not sure what you have to deal with besides your boyfriend’s wrecked leg,” I said back,her eyes

“Yeah, say thanks to your baby daddy for that,” she said drolly, leaning back in her seat

“Baby,” Mark said in warning, his hand fisting in the back of my shirt

“That’s enough, Rose,” my mom said