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Star cah towels so each doll could be dried separately Setting them on the counter, she slipped between her and Sex Piston

Seeing her mother’s sad expression, Star handed her the doll she was about to wash off “You can do Ken, Mama He likes his hair washed”

“You do him, Star I’efully, as if it were Train incarnate

“I’ll do hiirl’s feelings to be hurt

“Careful,” Star warned “His head falls off Malued it back on, but it falls off a lot”

“Does it?” Killyama took her eyes off the doll for a brief second to look at Star When she turned back, the doll’s head was floating in the sudsy water

Star fished his head out then took the headless body from her

“I’ized to the upset girl

Mollified, she wiggled the head back onto the body “Can you just buy me a different Barbie I don’t have? I don’t want any more boy dolls They break too easily”

Killya a water fight Then the three of them dried off before they finished the dolls

Killyama enjoyed the afternoon with Star then went into the backyard to play with Rocky as Sex Piston cooked dinner It was ht when she drove home to her apartment

She hadn’t wanted to leave The love and inti from her own life, what she never had: her own family