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“Pleasure was all ive you a little so”

He fished soreen in a large ziplock bag He offered it to Brian

“Son, that right there is straight primo hybrid sinsemilla You will not find its equal in all of North Arow it myself with love Ask anyone in the valley, and they’ll tell you McMurphy’s is a cut above all others Top shelf, drawer, and notch, as my daddy used to say”

Brian stared at hi, stared at Juliana

“C’o crazy out here without having yourselves a little fun Plus, it’s a gift You don’t want to offend ht?”

“We can’t, Mr McMurphy,” Juliana said,up an excuse on the spot “We’re Mormon We can’t even drink soda The use of ainst, um, our way”

“Mor up at her

Juliana nodded

“Well, isn’t that nice,” McMurphy said, putting the weed back into his creel “I’ll let you get back to your dad Respecting your elders is always a good policy Says that right in the Bible So long, now”

CHAPTER 70

MARY CATHERINE HAD SWEAT on her brow and tears in her eyes as she rabidly zested another le over for dinner tonight, on his day off, and she’d learned that he liked lemons

And what Leo wants, Mary Catherine thought, grinning to herself as she zestfully zested, Leo gets

She already had three chickens in the oven, and a five-pound bag of potatoes boiling in a cauldron-sized pot on the stove There were still the green beans and the salad to take care of, stuffing to et the le or she’d be in the weeds

Besides the le was from Mr Cody’s farm, even—Sorry, Chrissy—the chickens They were probably flouting sorew, but she had the feeling Deputy Marshal Leo would look the other way after he had a few bites

Farm food this fresh just tasted different, Mary Catherine knew fro it for the first tih-definition TV after a lifeti someone new at the dinner table after all this time