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Abby broke into ht be too strange to play with soroup"

"In that case, what do you think of Luke?" I asked

She was silent again before answering, "I don’t know Let an?"

"You wouldn’t have to tell her In fact, I don’t really see why you would It’s not any of her business"

She nodded idly "How soon?"

How soon would you like? The question hovered on my lips "I’m not sure Why don’t you think about if you’d like the third to be Luke and once we decide on that, we’ll worry about a time?"

"Will you tell me what your plans are for the scene?"

I shts "Have I ever told you ahead of time what I plan to do in a scene?"

"Well, no I just--"

"Then ould I start now?"

She looked as if she’d just been caught stealing a cookie I had to hand it to her, she usually tried to slyly get information out of me It never worked But she was persistent

"You knowto be sneaky," she said "Maybe I should distract you with sex next tioing to take Apollo outside if you’d like to distract one too far down the hall when I heard her footsteps following ht of the fun we’d have outside

Chapter Twelve

ABBY

The weather the weekend of Jeff and Dena’s wedding was like one of those suh it had been a hot suist’s forecast predicted a coht breeze The reception was planned to be held outside at a country club, and Dena had been worried all week it would end up raining anyway

"This is perfect weather for the reception," I said to Julie as we sat in a s Dena

"Did you and Nathaniel get married in the summer?" she asked

"No" I shookwas perfect I wouldn’t change anything"

"As it should be," she agreed

I looked over to Dena The wedding wasn’t for another hour, but she was dressed and ready Her makeup and hair looked perfect Her outside was radiant Inside was a different story She shifted fro to sit down, and her eyes kept glancing at the clock I was just getting ready to ask her if she was okay when she spoke first

"Say so from me to Julie to Sasha to her Do"

"I don’t knohy you’re so nervous," Kelly said, placing a hand on her shoulder "You’re finallyJeff"