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Caroline produced a plastic bag fro next to Kirsty before she sat down Then Kirsty had to hile Caroline adjusted her grey woollen coat, which she wore over her grey woollen suit It occurred to Kirsty that her friend was practising for being a spinster A classic one from the 1950s Next there would be cats and crocheted tea cosies Actually, now that she thought about it, she couldn’t see anything at all wrong with that life Maybe she’d join Caroline and they could eether Because it didn’t look like her love life was going anywhere There was still no sign of Lake

“I have news,” Caroline said

She beamed at Kirsty

“You secretly took out insurance on my shop and I can rebuild?”

“No” Her face fell

Kirsty squeezed her hand, regretting her flippant words

“Okay, what’s the news?” she said

“Well,” Caroline said, her eyes sparkling again, “ off the hook”

There was a pause Kirsty was confused

“That’s the news?”

Caroline frowned at her

“No The news is that there are azines, and shops and erie line”

Kirsty sat up straight She suddenly didn’t care that her bu

“I don’t have a lingerie line,” she said “Everything went up in s”

“Not everything” Caroline ly fur coat