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Petra nodded, then Ashlie was once again in the screen “You’re very pretty Did Uncle Will pay you to date him?”

My mouth dropped open “What?”

Cannel all but fell intome

Ashlie started to giggle away as she once again fell off-screen

It wasn’t lost onas well

“I want to see!” I heard my mother call out “Ohh, yes You are very pretty You’ve definitely dated doith Will”

Cannel burst out laughing all over again “I’ll have to agree to disagree with you I find your son quite handsome”

My mother’s eyes went from me to Cannel and back “I didn’t say he wasn’t handsoeous”

I lifted h up where I kneas only a few scant inches away fro her to still

Before I could wonder if I’d , she placed her hand on ers to keep me in place

Together, we spent the next fewin which I’d pronored—and talking about getting nails done So with my mother and Cannel

When I finally hung up, I had a headache

“It seems like I have a constant headache when I talk to those two,” I ad the heel of my free hand into my forehead in a vain attempt to relieve the pressure

She snorted and bu for her coffee that was likely cold by now and drinking the rest of it down before stuffing all the food trash into the bag it’d co up

“I think that it’s because they can reach a higher octave than people having normal conversations,” she teased as she squeezed o’