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“Wasn’t talking to you,” he said

“Slut!” Flora hissed in the background

And that was just about enough

“I’e’s aro, Gage”

“Take your noringorders like he had the right He didn’t Nobody did

“No,” I snapped, digging my nails into his wrist “I can talk for myself, asshole”

“We’ll leave just as soon as you let her go,” Ja to reone into that back bedroom with him

Because you lost your fucking mind, my common sense reminded me firmly

“This isn’t happening,” I announced “Gage, reht”

“That’s illegal,” he said, but when I dug o I reached forthe handle to push it toward the front of the store, because fuck dra

“You’re a whore, Tinker Garrett! Your mother was a whore, too, and you’re the kind of trash this town doesn’t need Go back to Seattle”

I stopped the cart

Be smart, my common sense said She’s just a crazy old witch who isn’t happy unless she’s hurting someone

Fuck off, I told e

“Flora Braeburn, you’re the biggest hypocrite that ever lived,” I said, ely calm “You’ve had how many husbands?”

“Six,” Jamie said helpfully “Dad was nuo—she hasn’t been able to find a new one since then”

Flora gasped

“You spend all day at that diner collecting nasty gossip,” I continued “Well, here’s so adult I’ was sleep together where your intrusive bitch of a niece and her friend decided to spy on us What kind of family does that to one of their own, I’m not sure, but if you want to be pissed at someone, take it up with Maisy, not me”

“You weren’t sleeping,” Flora snarled “Whore”

“You’re right,” I said,as I threw rocery store “We were fucking Your unattached, adult son fucked an unattached, adult wo to do with you So far as I know that’s still legal in the United States, so maybe you should just shut the hell up before you ruin whatever relationship you happen to have with Ja his private business turned into entertainment for all of Gunther’s Groceries any more than I do!”

With that I turned again, grabbingdown the aisle toward the checkout counter Daisy Wasserone to school with, because, God knows, you wouldn’t want to have any fucking privacy—scurried behind the counter as she sawin the show In fact, I was pretty sure half the toas currently staring atto be sure their afternoon entertainment ell and truly over before they scuttled off like a passel of rats to share the neith the other half

They could all kiss my ass