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"Really, Sa inside after your runs?"
I gritted ht back for another run
She came from one of the side rooms dressed in a yellow dress and a white sunhat Her ht red lipstick Pink lipstick had been her favorite until a o
She stopped in front of me and her hands perched on her hips "David called ht We ca, honey?"
I knew my eyes were either heated or they looked dead It was one or the other because both emotions twisted inside of ure it out"
"Sam--" She started to follohen I went up the stairs, but James’ voice pulled her back
"Analise?" he called frohed with a dark frown, but went to hiot ready for Becky’s Thirtyfeeling with the mansion in my rearview mirror and when I went inside of Becky’s house, the two places contrasted sharply One was hoer’s coldness
An older woman, probably in her mid-forties, welcomed me at the door Her dark brown hair was pulled up in a ponytail and freckles covered her face It made her look tanned and healthy as her eyes sparkled in warmth "You must be Samantha Rebecca has told estured inside "Come in, come in I’m Laura, her mother"
"Sam!" Becky hollered from somewhere inside "Tell her to come out here, mom"
Laura patted me on the back "Make yourself at home Pretend this is your ho some fruit platters on my way back"
"Do you want soiant silver trays of oing to get these nice su"
"Hi, Sam!" Becky waved from a small pool in her backyard The raft slipped from underneath her and she screamed as she fell into the water
Adam shook his head and calasses in place, dressed in only red swis on a sober day"
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"But" I saw Laura at a picnic table where the food had been compiled Another older lady ith her She had blonde hair and wore a si told me this was Adaestured to two recliners by the pool "They’re pretty lax about it My folks aren’t Ifkillers at five in theto Becky’s parents?"
"They have different parenting styles, but they’re old friends They respect each other"
"Oh" For some reason I felt weird as I sat beside him Becky came over a moment later with a torapped around her She perched on the end of my seat and water dripped off of her
"Did you hear about the Roussou players last night?"