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Abby wanted to stay angry, but she knew Jess meant every word Jess didn’t feel the need to babble on, and her quiet agrees Abby’s hostility melted away “Thanks for that But as for pizza, I’ out I’ from the freezer”
“No you’re not, that’s gross” Jess’s voice was loud and clear “Have you got wine?”
“There’s probably a bottle kicking around here somewhere”
“I’ you don’t like?”
“Anchovies,” she answered easily, knowing stea to pay attention to any protests
“Yuck,” Jess answered “No worries there Give me half an hour And don’t eat”
She hung up
Abby went around all the roo the she needed was Jess seeing those bits of paper in To of it Abby knew she should throw them out, but she secretly wanted to hold on to the to love notes she’d ever received She was stillway toward as She would just have to keep a “fool me once, fool me twice” attitude about it and be smarter, that’s all No more confidences Definitely no more kisses in the foyer Or anywhere else
She found a bottle of pinot noir that she’d stored in the fridge before the crew removed the cupboards If she took it out now, it would have time to lose some of the chill before they were ready to drink it Then she wandered for a few ain The house had had a face-lift, but there was still a weird feeling as she walked through the roo
Forty minutes later Jess pulled into the yard To Abby’s surprise, it turned out that it wasn’t just Jess getting out of the car; her sister Sarah had co which appeared to contain s of potato chips Abby’s ht of junk food She could afford one night of splurging Especially since all the cleaning and packing andhad resulted in the loss of a few unexpected pounds
“Hope it’s okay Sarah caet out of the house much”
“Jess!” Sarah swatted her sister’s ar out the pizza box “We cos”
Abby smiled “Not necessary, but welcome just the same Come on in”
It was the first company she’d had at the house and she felt a little excited as she led the like a real hostess “Holy hell,” Jess exclaimed, her head twisted around as she tried to look at everything as they went through “I’ve never been in here before This place is huge”
“You get used to it,” Abby replied “And it looks a lot different today than when I left”