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“I don’t need your explanations” Leandra’s blue eyes, the saht of the ball, flick warily to randma who is at my side
Because yes When she asked if she could coht, I said she absolutely better co No It was more because she’d lend credibility to what I had to say Okay, because what happened was entirely her fault
“What’s this? You’re bribing senior citizens into playing bodyguard for you now? Or ranny in here with you?”
“Adorable?” Grandma rolls her eyes “Senior citizen? Geez Watch your randuard bit I like” Grandhter stance, fists at the ready “Bring it on, dearie Let’s go You and I We’ll see who’s old”
Leandra’s lips quirk at the sides and her eyes dance like twin h the big s all over the boutique “I have no intention of fighting you aze, levelled at ain, is decidedly unimpressed She crosses her arms and juts out her chin and dares y or some kind of explanation that she’ll believe
“Ma’am?” Grandma asks in disbelief “Oh, that’s it! You deserved that bouquet you little trollop!” She shakes her finger in Leandra’s direction
“Grand! And you are old! She’s just being polite with the ma’am stuff”
Grandma does seeing finger “I wanted to corandson didn’t have to bribe h I’ll adht have had a ot, it was h to know about the Victorian flower talk I thought it would be a grand gesture, especially because you were only in it to buood dose of wooing”
“Grand her naoing to help me here, not melt me into a molten puddle of mortification
Because noresup a bouquet for a friend who had a no good cheating husband The bastard was poking a er than hier than her, and- never mind, I suppose you don’t need to know the sordid details Point is, I ot her bouquet and he got yours I realized mypoo bag of a husband was sorry and he realized his undying love for her after he received her bouquet and looked up all the ood and filed with proht to one and done it now Speaking of which, I’ lady who has so fully captured randson’s interest” Grandma sticks out a hand, but Leandra stares it down like this is some kind of joke Or maybe she’s just too stunned toto die all alone, but you’ve restored randchildren”
I take Grandrandrando all full-on beast with her poor hand
“Okay, starting over What randma means to say is that she sent ot it allhusband”
“And since the cheating husband got your bouquet,” Grand to therapy, so I guess e, but it also seriously randchildren I should get ht in a row”
I very nearly groan
“I liked the toilet you sent over so much that I’ve taken it for my own use I hope you don’t mind,” Grandma says and winks
It’s true When she calledcardboard box with the dead bouquet delivered And the ranny I kneas now relegated to the doghouse, and lamorous It was a cold, lonely, damp place with a pooper and dead flowers as my only company