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He wasinto the Mexico Beach house?

“I’ll go with you,” she blurted

“And leave your dad and Sharon here all alone? I thought you could use soet to know Sharon better”

His explanation about wanting to go to the Mexico Beach house seehtful even, but in the alether, they’d never slept apart The idea of hiot home from work… She missed him already Which was ridiculous He hadn’t even left yet

“How long will you be at the beach house?” she asked, gingerly et with the program

“Like I said, just a few days I thought ood-bye to the house In style I’ll even cook dinner” His dark eyes got that snized, and she was flooded with relief She knew hih by now to know exactly what “in style” was code for

“So you’re skipping out on Bunco this week to have good-bye sex with Steve?” Pilar asked, taking a sip of her ar added)

It was Mondayat The Bistro and Kitty had dropped by to have an iht theels and had decided to join theulf

“Just good-bye to the house,” Kitty said, careful not to let her teood-bye to us” She’d been avoiding Shea and Pilar ever since last week’s disastrous Bunco night, but she couldn’t keep the news of her father’s wedding fro Or from the rest of the town, either

“Tellher by the ar

Kitty liked Betty Jean the way you liked sesael They were there for a purpose, but what that purpose was she didn’t know Then of course, there was the way they got stuck in your teeth… “What isn’t true?” she’d asked

“That your father is getting married before you!”

“It’s true,” Kitty had replied

“I heard your man already moved out I hope you aren’t mad at me about the card”

Kitty had been about to set Betty Jean straight about Steve “ out” when the last part of her sentence struck ho about?”