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“What new job?” Emily said “Lissa, really, that pie—”

“The one you called and told ”

Emily sed hard

“Oh That”

“Yes Oh That How’s it going?”

Emily turned on the water in the sink, reached for the coffee pot

“I quit”

“How come?”

“I just did Hand me the canister, will you?”

“Yeah, but why? It sounded like a great job”

“Well, it wasn’t And I don’t want to talk about it, OK? Just hand me the coffee”

Voices, laughter, the sounds of people greeting people flooded the house Footsteps made their way down the hall The Wilde sisters turned around…

And Emily went pale

“Laurel?” she said “What are you doing here?”

The women stared at each other “Khan and I flew in for the holiday Didn’t Jake tell you? He invited us”