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"I don't know," heto

replace the teeth in his mouth When he had them in,

he ran a hand over his spikey hair, s it down

Only his cowlick refused to behave Now he could

hter made so much racket

down there I couldn't sleep I guess the sight of all of

you in your fancy clothes waiting for guests that didn't

come tickled my sense of humor "

"You have a very cruel sense of humor, Joel I

thought you cared for Bart"

"I do love that boy"

"Do you?" I asked sharply "I don't think so, or

else you would have sylanced around

his sparsely furnished roo back "Weren't

you the one who mailed off the party invitations?" "I don't remember," he said calmly- "Time