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He pulled the Herlasses "You know I love you, honey, but you gotta quit burning the candle at both ends And youre getting too thin again "

"Shut up and paint "

As usual, he started on her hair While he worked, he talked Sometimes one or the other of them would confide in the other; it was the nature of the business they were in Tiether created an intimacy that didnt quite spill over into friendship A very New York type of relationship Today, however, Tully kept their conversation light and impersonal She didnt want to reveal to him that she felt out of sorts Hed jump on in and tell her how to fix her life

By five oclock, she looked ten years younger "Youre a genius," she said, sliding out of the chair

"If you dont change your ways, enius "

"Thanks " She flashed him a ca else

On-set, she stared into the caain Here, in this fake world, she was perfect She talked easily, laughed at her guests and co-anchors jokes, and made everyone who saw her think she could be their friend She knew that no one in Ained that Tallulah Hart could possibly want more than she had

Shopping with the twins and Marah was a headache-inducing event By the time Kate finished her last stops at Safeway, the library, the drugstore, and the fabric store, she was exhausted, and it wasnt even three oclock All the way hohter had decided that she was too big to sit in the backseat of the car with the babies, and threw a fit now on every excursion The plan, clearly, was to wear Kate down

"Stop arguing with me, Marah," she said for at least the dozenth tirocery store

"Iets to sit in the front seat and so does Rachel Youre the only mom ont—"

Kate pulled into the garage and hit the brakes just hard enough to send the grocery bags flying forward It orth it, since it shut Marah up "Help me carry stuff in "

Marah grabbed a single bag and went inside

Before Kate could repriot a load Kate and the boys followed him into the house

As usual, the TV was on, too loud for Kates taste, and turned to CNN

"Ill put the boys down for their nap," Johnny said when all the bags were on the counter "Then I have good news for you "