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Her eyes are nearly as dark as her hair, and her skin is a deep olive thattropical cruise We ht and enjoy finding clothes for each other on our thrift store outings nearly every weekend

In getting to know each other, we figured out we have a fear of driving in common, as well So we buy a lot of bus tokens and are able to figure out the route to wherever we are going without even looking at a line map

She pokes two sets of chopsticks into two of the containers, then comes over to join me on my faded blue crushed-velvet sofa that looks like it came out of the Formans’ basement on That '70s Show

My apart distance or a quick bus ride to the courthouse I rented it for next to nothing, and it caoodness I do love toto ith At school, a few other girls even askedmine So with some luck, clearance finds and thrift stores, I’ve made this little place look pretty nice, if I do say so myself

I take a deep breath over the takeout container, and as the scent of red pepper and peanut saucesince yesterday

“So, what gives with the goon?” Karen shovels a bite of noodles into herat me

I sas I think of Vito

“He’s not a goon,” I shoot back, ht thing”

She slurps a noodle between her lips and rolls her eyes She’s still in her work clothes, black overalls with a red t-shirt, the unifor offices at night The pant legs are rolled up alreen Frankenstein characters running up the sides Her little rebellion against the less-than-flattering uniform

“The doctor said I shouldn’t be alone, so he was probably trying to keep ut as I wonder if my statement holds some merit

“Oh! Reminds me” She sets the container down on the coffee table and jurabs a piece of paper before handing it toto keep you fro him, my dear”

I set my food down and take the paper from her hands

My heart starts pounding when I see the thick black writing Shifting on the sofa, I push