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"Fine Be a bitch, why dont you?"

Kate kept walking

CHAPTER FOUR

Tully watched the girl walk away

"I shouldnt have said that," she said, noticing how sled sky

She wasnt even sure why shed said it, why shed suddenly felt the need to h, she went back into the house The moment she stepped into the roo her eyes On the sofa, heron the coffee table, one on the back cushions Heropen; drool sparkled the corners of her lips

And the girl next door had seen this Tully felt a hot wave of shame No doubt rumors would be all over school by Monday Tully Hart has a pothead mom

This hy she never invited anyone over to her house When you were keeping secrets, you needed to do it alone, in the dark

She would have given anything to have the kind of ers Maybe that hy shed ht pissed her off and she slammed the door shut behind her "Cloud Wake up "

Mo breath and sat up "Whass the matter?"

"Its dinnertime "

Moob of hair out of her eyes and worked to focus on the wall clock "What are we—in a nursing home? Iss five oclock "

Tully was surprised her mom could still tell time She went into the kitchen, served the casserole onto thite CorningWare plates, and returned to the living room "Here " She handed her mother a plate and fork

"Whered we get this? Did you cook?"

"Hardly The neighbor brought it over "