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“Let ot kicked out of the garden Not before”

“In other words, no nudity? That’s kind of…disappointing” The thing about Shea was that she could be completely serious here Or not

Pilar squealed when she pulled out her slip of paper “Anthony and Cleopatra!” She immediately looked contrite, however, in what Mimi assumed was an attempt to be humble

Mimi was the last one to pick She stared at the paper It seeely coincidental But there was no way that this could have been rigged

“Who did you get?” Pilar asked

“Rick and Ilsa”

“From Casablanca? Wow Isn’t that like, one of your favorite movies?” Frida asked

Mimi nodded

“Okay, so is everyone happy now? Can we go back to playing Bunco?” Kitty asked

They went on to play for another hour before calling it a night Mio hoed It was a text from Allie

Coht!

Uh, oh Miht it was

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Allie flung the door open before Mimi could even knock “I saw you pull up in the driveway and I couldn’t wait” Her brown eyes glittered with happiness In the background, Roger Van Cleave, Allie’s roommate and business partner, chuckled

Allie had been living with Roger, a proos and a forazine, since she’d o It was an odd randdaughter Roger never had, and she’d needed ait had made sense The two of the Bay Gazette, an endeavor that had taken lots of hard work (and lots of coffee, according to Allie) to make happen But it was time to move on In just a couple of months, Tom and Allie would be married and she’d er wouldn’t be too lonely But she suspected Allie would still spend a lot of time here, married or not