sllintheair
“ven,”llysled
“furseybutitstbesdifficulth,herface,lkingappalled
llysledandspkethrughgrittedteeth,“yes,itsdiffivenanyvingn,ibettergandjinfriends,”shesaidplitelyanddasheff
“yuallright”danielaskedasshejinedherfriends
“yesiine,thankyu,”sherepeatedfrthetenthtithatnightsheglanceveratjennifer,alefriendstalkingandstaringveratllyanddaniel
“ihavearrived”aludviie,thepartyanil,standingatthersheldhighintheair“ihavenarundtherjustadehiseneis“hilariusly”sllytdanielaupleftisheskdanielshandstiffly,peckedllynthecheekquicklyastughshepinherthratangrilythathadbeenveryrude
hisiledtidlyveratllyfrinutesandtuedttalktherrealfriends,thepepleedherfrthepastyear
llyidlaughtertfaceaverysadlkinghelen
“hi,helen,”shesaidhappily
“
“hiine,”llyndded“yusuldlistentthisstry,itsveryfunny”shesledandntinuedtlistentsharn
helenleftherhannllysadeventuallytappedheragainafterafeinutes“ian,egerry”
llygaveuplisteningtsharn
“sinean”llyunderstdthatpeplestisfeltaenehadbrughtthesubjectuptheelvestheyuldatleastbeadultenughtcarrythenversatinthrughprperly
helenappearedtllysquestin“ididnttsay”
“itsk,helen;iveacceptedthatthatshappened”
“haveyu”
“furseihave,”llyfrwned
“itsjustthatihaventseenyufraverylngtisigetwrried”
llylaughed“helen,istilllivearundtheerfruinthesauseasbefre,pnenuerisstillthesa,asisbilenuerifyueihatdifficultfryutfind”
“hyes,butididnttintrude”shetraileffasifthatinftseeingllysincethefuneral
“friendsntintrude,helen,”llysaidplitely,butshepedshehadgttenherssageacrss
helenschtlyandllytueanswersharn
“keepaseatbesideyu,needtrunttheladiesagain,”sharnasked,ingalittledancenthespt
“again”deniseblurteut“yuinutesag”
“yes,ntldbabypushingthetilet
“itsntainustnths,becausethereanthatthebabynthslnthsandusuallybabiesareetheyrene”
llyfrentyurselfhtughtslikethat”
denisefr,“iighttugh,arenti,t
“yeslve,”hesledslyather
“
thebellettaketheirplacesinthediningareaandthecrinllytkherseatandplacedheehechairbesidehertreserveitfrsharnhelenthechairtsitwn
“srryhelen,butsharnaskedtsavethisseatfrher,”llyexplainedplitely
helenissively“h,sharnind,”shesaid,plnkingherselfadeherlipindisappintntllyaplgizedandtineverthelenasherexuthandpretendedtgagllygiggled
“ieannunpressed
“isthereanyreasnbe”llyrepliedtartly
jaeansesrtretrtthatafeshedidntfindhiunnyanyre,tughsheandgerryhadalngtsepeplebeingstupid
“areyk”danielaskedquietlyfresideher
“yesiine,thankyu,”shereplied,takingasipfwine
“h,ynthavetgivethatbull**anse,”helaughed
llysledandgraned“peplearebeingverynietheirsyathies,”shelbaefthetbedevastatedbeickedjenniferandrlledhereyes“andthentherearethepeple”daniellistenedtherpatiently
henddenthseverye”
“anyethershelvedthearstriesabutherfranielandthenthetuchtheyhatedhe