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27: Pot Roast Predicament
The day arrived, dark and gloomy, like Mother Nature knew this was my last day of existence. Bitch could have at least given me some sunshine.
I stopped by Cat’s apartment before I headed to June Lake. “You know the drill.” Leaning against her doorframe, I leveled a tragic look on her. &ldquo
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I walked into work the next morning heavy with relief. Work would distract me, keep me from obsessing about last night’s fight, stop me from returning one of Jack’s calls from last night, from driving back to June Lake.Of course, work would also eat my soul, but sometimes you had to take the good with the bad.
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Something So Sweet 34: Something in the Fair
We wandered the fair for a while after that, hand-in-hand. Initially, we’d been looking for Luke and Cat, but they’d vanished. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I worried that the bearded man had actually murdered them. When I voiced my worry, though, Jack assured me that they were fine. “Pro
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