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“He’s not amix”

“Exactly, he’s mixed Which means he’s not a purebred like Tofu Who kno many preservatives are in that bacon biscuit?” Bettina made the word bacon sound synonymous with cyanide “Toby’s proletarian stomach can handle that kind of poison But Tofu is very delicate She only eats one hundred percent organic dog food and treats that are specifically approved by both her vet and her groomer”

“Okay, well, she doesn’t look like she’s suffering right no about—wait Where did you see Toby?” They’d had the dog almost two months now, but Mimi was certain she’d never seen Bettina when she’d taken Toby for a walk Had Bettina run into Cameron and Toby at the park?

“Thatcabin the other weekend when I brought Zeke dinner Cameron was there, too”

r />Mi “When you what?”

“I’ht,” she explained in a slowly insulting tone Then her eyes widened in mock surprise “Wait You didn’t know? You didn’t think ere going to let Zeke go hungry? He’s an integral part of what ht not care what he eats, but the citizens of Whispering Bay certainly do”

Her heart began to pound Of all the… Mi expression off Bettina’s face “Who else is on this committee?” she choked out

“Betty Jean Collins organized it, but I’m co-chair Let’s see, Sherry and Wendy are on it, of course, as well as the rest of the Bunco Bunnies and a few of the Gray Flahbor, Mrs Manley, and there’s Trudy who teaches over at the high school Zeke is absolutely crazy over her pecan pie”

Mirit her teeth “Naturally”

“We were going to put a halt to it after the 911 call, because we all assuether, but you were so vehement that it wasn’t the case, and of course, Mrs Manley just confir that you o that you and Zeke are still splitsville”

“Lovely,” Mimi muttered

So Zeke was crazy about Trudy’s pecan pie, huh? And to think she’d actually been worried he’d been eating too much fast food! She wished she could tell him exactly where he could stuff those pecans now

Viola and Sherry both cah the door at the same time A few minutes later Wendy hustled in, out of breath like she’d just been running Thewas about to start and Miet this proposal voted through

Like last week, Bettina took over the in “I believe the first order of business is the proposal we asked Mimi to write up”

Doreen pulled out a pad of paper and began taking notes