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Tully laughed, but deep inside, it wasnt as funny as she wished it were "No "

"Well, thats good "

"Why? Ih to fall in love with? Thats for nice Catholic girls like you?"

"Hes your prof, Tully "

"Oh, that I dont care about stuff like that " She looked at her friend "I thought youd go all romance-novel on me and say it was some kind of fairly tale "

"I need to meet him," Kate said firmly

"Its not like we can double-date "

"Then I guess Ill be the third wheel Hey, he can probably get the senior rate if we go out to dinner "

Tully laughed "Bitch "

"Maybe, but I Can I take notes?"

Kate got off the bus and stood on the sidewalk, looking down at the directions in her hand

This was the address

All around her, people milled about the sidewalk Several jostled her as they passed She squared her shoulders and headed for the door There was no point in worrying about thisfor more than aIt had not been easy to get Tully to agree to tonight

But in the end, Kate had said the ic words—thrown the Yahtzee: Dont you trust

So now, on this war that looked like a tavern, on a est mistake of her life