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re a blur of quiet packin

celebrating his impending

bs, designed to remind me of my

the house, making snide remarks, her hand al

ng a box of my old music sc

aper, dreams I'd pa

d at the bottom,

you to trip and hurt yourself. Or m

r, trying to

ed, still

a new car today," she said, voi

like some people, he actually ca

ion hung hea

scarr

made me feel th

ed," her shoulder bum

e, the box flyin

heets s

for the banister, my a

any said, not a trace

tered music, grinding a h

in then, draw

the stairs, wincing, Brittany

ked, his tone already

g," Brittany said,

d to he

t even l

Sarah. And try not to

o go out for some essential

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hts pin

k new convertible, the one

, the car comin

deer in h

no time

de, my head cracking against

gh me, white-hot, t

sharp, cramping pain s

the car, heels cli

her expression unread

she said

the car and drove a

ping int

kening certainty,

blee

r baby

hadn't even

was a bi

ed myself back t

rs later, pale and

his priv

riage was

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sh

the best. Bad

d by the inconvenienc

I was weak, co

and bruises in her "accident" – she'd apparently swerved to "a

kin graft on her arm

me into

tch for Brittany's skin graft. It's a m

t him, dis

skin to the woman who.

dramatic,"

paramount. It's a small patch of skin, Sar

wait for

med the doctor

I was sedated for

on my thigh and the knowledge that a

ally taken a po