Laura dressed and packed quickly and efficiently. That was a rhetorical question, and you need not answer. XXX I’ve wanted you from the second I first met you. We will be out shortly to render our decision. “Where is your winter coat, Laura?”
“It’s in my mother’s car. The other three to share, were mild, to introduce her slowly to the Thai- fare. There was no other explanation, or no telling how old the locket is, except to say that it was crafted long before we were born, and my carvings are most recent. But there must be a mix-up. Candy dominated the conversation during dinner, much too all our displeasure, including her husband’s. He will then pin them in place, all the while snarling and growling, menacingly.
