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“Betty?” Josh stepped out into the hall

The place actually looked worse than it had done half an hour earlier

“Is that you, Yank? Caroline’s gotthe damn phone”

“Put her on, will you? I need a word”

Josh waved his hand in front of hih the plaster dust

“No,” Betty said

Josh stilled “Stop screwing around, put Caroline on the phone”

“She doesn’t want to talk to you And it’s my job to protect her from your stupidity”

“Did she say that?”

There was a cackle in his ear “In as many words She doesn’t want to talk to you, or see you, until the wedding”

Josh frowned at the phone “Did she say why?”

“No She’s got a bug up her bu, but s

he isn’t sharing what”

“I’ over,” Josh told her

“You can come if you like, but she isn’t here”