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Otherwise those groups were aard as hell

I clear htful and deep for a ride to lasagna dinner” My hands grip the wheel tighter

“That’s not true—I love hearing you talk about your experiences Mine are boring”

“Boring? How can you call cheering in a stadiu?”

“It’s not as exciting as everyone thinks it is For exa to be off count—the only asshole on the field screwing up the routine”

“Guess we have that in common then”

The grin Lilly gives , and thank God we’ve finally arrived at my house with its two stories and white picket fence and neatly trierow

With the last ofdorht out of the movie Father of the Bride On the stoop are her ht during the daylight hours

“I’m surprised Mom hasn’t thrown any Halloween decorations out on the lawn for you”

“U”

She loves the holidays and I’ very soon too; planning is her forte, and it’s never too soon to plan I swear my mother has the next season up before she has the current one taken down—during Christ room has barfed up a tree farm

I pull up to the overhang on the side of the house, the covered carport with its cli there so Lilly won’t have to walk far

The door to the house swings open, hts inside, hair sticking up every which way

The outside light coh to eat a dead rat”

Okay then—great first impression, Alex

My mother’s voice chastises him from somewhere inside “Alexander Michael!” She sounds horrified “Get away from that door!”

She appears, shooing him away, oven s when she grabs hold of the door so it doesn’t slam shut

“Hello! You made it!”

“Hey, Mom”

Lilly is rounding the front of the car alood to meet you” She holds out her hand for

Squeezes “We don’t shake hands here—we’re a hugging family”

Oh brother