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office I'll bring it all around by the end of the week

How's that?"

"Fine," I said

"Okay I'art to

make sure she understands what's expected of her I

don't want the upstairs to go to pot just because you're not using it," she said "I'll check on you again

tomorrow,"

She gave me a flashbulb smile and left I

finished

with regrets I wanted to defy everything in this room:

the s, all

that reaffirmed my state of invalidism, but whatever

rebellion was left inin

some dark corner of my tired heart

Instead I reached for the television remote and