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"Chris, you go on up, and I'll follow in a few

seconds" Chris wanted to knohat I was planning, so I lied and said I was going to have a feords with our housekeeper about cleaning up the mess But

I had so far different in mind

As soon as everyone was out of sight, I ducked

into Bart's huge office, closed the door and was soon

rifling through his desk to find the RSVP cards that

had dutifully arrived weeks ago

They ered many a time

froes on the envelopes Two hundred

and fifty cards had accepted My teeth bit down on my

lower lip

Not one rejection, not even one People didn't

do things like this, even to someone they disliked If

they hadn't wanted to come, they would have tossed

the invitations into the trash along with the return