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“Are you kidding? Your granny is tough She raised your brothers and your cousins Kind of With your moms too”
“That she did” Leandra can’t stop s She looks beautiful in an e in her ears “Maybe she can hold her own for a few more minutes”
“That’s the spirit At least she’s not going to channel her inner randma and make them lead pancakes”
“Don’t go there There isn’t anything wrong with your grand They’re fine Really”
“Yeah, if you like eating lead”
“Okay, well at least your grandranny with all the curse business Granny did tell us all at the last gathering aabout the curse all this time That what happened was just destiny, lust, and the power of suggestion Then she told us she was kidding, of course our asses were all cursed, and cackled like a deviant for twenty ht”
“That she did That she did”
I sneak in oneme towards the door “You can corandma to let us buy the meat and cheese trays this time, since there are soaround to try and contain, doesn’tout”
“Of course Sorry I was dragging my heels up here”
“That’s okay That’s why I was coets here, and hangry, cranky kids go on the loose”
I hold up a hand and start counting off kids “Trent and Lindy’s Jenny, Ash and Ellis’ Adam, Toren and Luna’s Milo and Ainsley, Taylen and Elodie’s Maya… Who a?” Leandra stares blankly at me “Well, you said thirty-threeI’d missed a few”
She rolls her eyes “You’re a dork, you know that? But I love you like crazy Even if the curse hadn’t got us, I would have chosen you I wouldn’t have let et in the way”
“I knoould have fir you with flowers that say hate and wish you unwell and all that”
“And I would have kept sending toilets until you paid attention to me”
We share a secret, private shtly, and leadsGG C a run for her money Not that Ti They are indeed When they’re not behaving like trolls Which they quite often do Don’t getWe love the heck out of the for one person to try and contain
When we reach the bottom of the stairs, I pick Leandra up and carry her, honeymoon fashion, into the roo father who shows just how crazy he is for his children’sto be roans and protests and choruses of “yuk,” and “my eyes” That day is not today, and even if it was, it’s not going to stopto be head over heels for Leandra Just like she said, even without it, I still would have, and alill, choose her