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pack," I offered,

ol. Make sure you get the good stuff. The gourme

erene mask fi

"gifts," I went to my own. I pulled out expensiv

s, stacks of them. Cheap, broken trinkets

papers in the expensive luggage, then placed a few of Jessie's chosen

gs would fee

called Thomas, o

arly holiday bonus." I named a generous sum. "And with this bad storm coming, we want

edibly generous," Thomas sai

ke sure everyone gets the mess

oute for Jessie.

as different. Loyal. I wo

Is Dad up? He needs to drive me. It's like, a f

anding, rubbing sleep fro

l," Jessie said, her tone

er forecast is looking really bad. They're predicting a major blizzar

rieked. "You just

e complaining about chest pains last night, remember? I don't think y

nfused. "Chest pa

almost imperceptib

god! You're doing this on purpos