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JEN

“Do I really have to be tied up with duct tape?” Bird Long asked wistfully

Laughter bubbled inside Jen’s chest, an unfahed these past few years

“Of course you have to be tied up with duct tape,” Godiva exclai white braid, toothpick arle to get yourself free”

“Bird, I’ll be the victi to spare his wife the slightest discomfort

Godiva’s “But I need you for the ht, Mikhail, I don’t mind! It’s just that the adhesive takes forever to scrub off my skin”

Godiva said, “Oh, we can fix that Put your sweater back on, and we’ll tape over the sleeves As a United States Senator, you earing your power suit when you were kidnapped We’ll tape over your jeans,” she added, pointing to Bird’s ankles “As for the gag, a cloth will do just as well as duct tape Maybe better”

As Bird sunnily put on her sweater and sat down to be taped up to play a kidnap victihter ascended behind Jen’s ribs at the ridiculousness of the scene

Laughter So rare

So dangerous