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Remember that? What was that supposed to mean?

She loved this town, too, she really did, but sometimes she wished she lived somewhere a little less intense

Her cell phone buzzed She had an appointment with a client in less than thirty minutes to show a house over on Ocean Avenue Hopefully this wasn’t a cancellation She glanced a

t the screen It orse than a cancellation

“It’s my mom,” she said

“I’ out of her chair

“Me too,” Shea said, quickly following Pilar’s cue “Um, not that I’m on the city council, but I’”

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“Cowards,” Kitty muttered under her breath as she watched the three of the for cover Not that she bla to be upgraded at a ht have been divorced from Kitty’s father for two and a half decades and happily remarried, but she still considered Alan Burke her ex in every sense of the word

“Hi, Mo as much enthusiasm as possible

“Oh, darling, how are you?” Her voice held just the right ae

“What do you mean? I’m fine”

“You don’t have to pretend withtalk last week I know all about it”

“You and Dad talked? To each other?” As far as Kitty knew, her parents only coh her

“We made a special exception Your father calledand his plans to include you as the best man” Her mother audibly shuddered “It’s ridiculous, of course, but that’s your father for you, and it’s the thought that counts, right?”