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and we just came to visit

"I can see I need to take charge of this," Lula said. "Here’s what we gonna do. Drop me off at the office, and I’ll round up Connie, and we’ll go get a cake. Then you and Diesel and Bob can go welcome the guests, ’cause it’s al-most four." "There aren’t any guests," I said. […]

was the drugstore for salve

First stop was the drugstore for salve. Second stop was the DMV. Charlene was behind the counter, looking all smiley-faced. She waved when she saw us, and we cut to the front of the line. "Excuse us," Lula said to a bunch of grumblers. "We’re here doing Cupid patrol. And you need a attitude adjust-ment […]

and I don’t think that would look great in

"Wipe that goofy expression off your face," I said to Bob. "You’re not fooling anyone. You ate my couch. There are big holes in all the cushions, and all the insides are coming out." There was a piece of fiberfill stuck to Bob’s lip. I picked it off and dropped it on the floor with […]

And I want to see how

Too bad Bernie was so tired. I wouldn’t mind driving him to a couple people I knew and spreading some hives around. For starters, there’d be my ex-husband, Dickie Orr, and my arch-nemesis, Joyce Barnhardt. "I’m going to take you home to your wife," Diesel said to Bernie. "I’m going to drop you off at […]

I guess they didn’t know what to

Annie started to scratch her arm and stopped in mid-scratch and rammed her hands into her pockets. "He came really close to getting the necklace back, but for some rea-son the pawnshop owner decided to fake the robbery. So of course, Delvina came looking for me." "It was bad timing that I happened along," Bernie […]