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Kate couldnt help s "Yeah "

"Ill tell you what: Why dont you invite Tully over for dinner Friday night?"

"Youll love her I know you will "

"Iht "

"Night, Mom "

Long after her ht, Kate lay there, too wound up to sleep She couldnt wait to invite Tully for dinner Afterward, they could watch I Drea on ht They could—

Tap

—talk about boys and kissing and—

Tap

Kate sat up That wasnt a bird on the roof or a mouse in the walls

Tap

It was a slass!

She threw the covers back and hurried to the , shoving it open

Tully was in her backyard, holding a bike beside her "Coesture with her hand

"You want me to sneak out?"