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“Yes”

“Does he like pets?”

“Yes”

“Has he ever been married?”

“No”

When Angie’s lower lip pushed outward, Amelia’s spirits shot down to the floor She knew that look

“You asked him about his marital status?”

“Yes If he had a wife, she would have been involved in the conversation” No, that wasn’t quite how it had gone He’d said if she had a husband he should be involved in the conversation “Or h she was floundering now in a dark mass of seaweed

“He told ie worry free and keep herself honest at the sa me out in the first place Like I told you, his partner had been killed”

“That didn’t mean he’d never been married”

No, it didn’t And she sure as hell wasn’t going to tell her sister about thea wife and family, one wife for the rest of his life

For a long ti hoh to play house they used to pretend that, every single time, their dad was home, and mention of him wouldn’t make theirDuane that A back to theh year

“He and Tricia were together froraduated,” she said now “And before that he’d shared an apartuy fro Marie Cove And I know this because his roommate’s etting involved with artificial inserets As I told you”

She was overco

“What?” she asked, noticing Angie’s frown She had nothing to feel guilty for Other than decisions of the past And the fact that she hadn’t told her sister she was seeing Craig the night before—and that one was arguable