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butthish
sheretuedtoherstudioforthehourandacplishedaslittleas
shefearedherdaughtershadthentheypiledintohersportutility
vehicleandheadednorthhavingdoneherresearchduringthe
sodayage；shekneogothestoresheed
heosanjoseitillopenheygotthere；and
hadaperfeinutesandanobsoney
later；theyergedsundertheirjeans；s
overtheirhair；andslesthesizeoftexas
thirtynutesafterthat；ellofdonaldsburgersand
friesfillingthecar；theyowardsanjose
nothingtheysadoherewere
noanhielf；afterhithouta
break；longerthaneverversionsofeach；andhobe
intoit；anthadancingbesideherifshewas
nservativethroughthefirstsongortonsciousnesswas
gonebythethirdshedancing；clappinghigh；
singing
shecheeredanthaandhopeiliarchordsannounceda
favoritesong；andshoutedappreciativelyatsongsendthe
threeoftheangtheirheartsoutuntiltheverylastenrewas
done；andthenleftthearenaaarthreefriends
happenedtoberelated
itinuteofit；not
evenanthasaid；”didyouseethatgirlrightinfrontofus
thetallonehthefrenchbraiddidyouseethetattooonher
arbr 》
theroseifiethinglikethat；wouldyousay””no；
”rachelsaidasshedrovesouththroughthedark
”evenatinyonealittlestaronankle””no”
”butitsool”
”no”
”””becauseshehanyouwhenyoure
tyfive”shethatold”
”okay；ythinkaboutatattoonot
now”
”ithasnothingtodohageithastodohstyle”
”uhhuh；”saidraakesa
statentthatyouynotakeattytyour
heartonaparticularpersonorthingthatdoesntappreciatethatkind
ofstatent”
”sinceity””since
fifteenyearolddaughterisheadingstraightfortherealworld”
”tattoosarehotallthekidshavethe”
”notlydianotshelly
nottheonesiseegettingoffthesanthacrossedher
arandsankloof
herhathopeheback；soundasleepherhathad
fallentotheside
rangalonghthe
songstheyhadheardthatnightshelovedherhat；lovedherboots；
lovedhergirlsifshehadtofallbehindinherwasfora
goodcause
sheoing；hegirlswokeup
lateandcrankytheypickedatbreakfastontherunandeventhen
nearlyssedthebusracheladeit；
andontslater；shestoodinherstudio
andntallyoutlinedthenextthreeweeks
sheeetthegirls
atthebusstopandhaveasnack；herlunchsanthawas
stillonhertattookient；verbatit
tis；beforethegirlinahuffhopehung
aroundlonger；holdinghercatfinallyshe；too；disappeared
rachelspentanotherhourinthestudiohalfnvincedthatthe
ottersoppedandputdinnerintheovenwhenshe
retuedtothestudio；itofillanothersortofneedbutthe
otterscaughthereyeagainshegaveherselfanotherhour
lnohatthehourhingshe
way
onenutere；shetoldherselffortheuteenthtih
alteatingglancesatfieldsketchandphotograph；sheusedthefine
edgeofherpaletteknifetoaddtexturetotheoilonhercanvasthe
seaottersuringthe
berandbaltblue；
andhadfoundittoodarkusingraberarinebluewas
perfect
”thebuzzerrang；”hopecalledfrohedoor
”thanks；honey；”rachelrred；addingseverallaststrokes”will
youtakethecasseroleoutandtuoffthegas””ialreadydid”
hopehersidenoudyingthecanvas”ithoughtyouwere
done”
”sothingright”shestoodbackforalongerviewandwas
satisfied”better”stilleyeingthecanvas；shesetherpalette
aside；reachedforasolventcloth；andlean
upandberightthere”shelookedathope”didsanthasetthe
table””idid”
”shesonthephoneagain””still；”hopesaidsodrylythatrachel
hadtochuckle
shehookedherbabysneckhanelbowandgaveasqueeze”five
nutes；”shesaidandsenthero
………………………………
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asprosed；fivenuteslaterrachelhekitchendolingout
lasagnaandsaladtinutesafterthat；digestingheralalong
anthahad
reents
fifteennutesafterthat；havingsho
sllsandputonfreshclothes；sheranabrushthroughherhair
thenshepausedandlookedhebookshehadreadthe
weekendbefore
shesearhoutsuccessthinkingshe
ghthavealreadysetitout；sheretuedtothekitchenandlooked
around”isbookinhere”thegirlshedishes；
santhawashing；hopedrying
”idlook；”santhasaidenotto
doanythinguntiltheseail；
stlyeanchild”i
othetelephone；”shesaid；checkinginandaround
okbooksshedoubledovertosearchtheseatsofthechairspushed
inatthetable”ireerhavingitinhand；”sherredto
herselfhatsearch；too；provedfruitless
”yourenotorganized；”santhachargedrachelregularlypreached
theritsoforganization
”oh；ia”shesed；butdistractedlysheintotheliving
roondbegansearyplateright
noildlyhhershohreeweeksawayand
closinginfast；shehecrunchokayshehadfinally
hitgoldhtheseaottersbutthereillthebackgroundtodo
forthatoneandsixothers；andeighteeninalltofrahichwould
havebeenfineifshehadnothingbutodointhenextthree
anthaforherfirstpro
anendoftheyearpiictorunforhopesseventhgradeclass；
dentistsanddoentsforbothgirls；abirthdaypartyto
throetidate；
andashareyourcareerdaytospendhthreefifthgradersshe
didntknow
shehadsplurgedlastnightsheshouldntbegoinganywhere
tonight
butlastnighthadbeenforthegirlsandtheirtherbookclubwas
justforhershelovedtheen；lovedthebooksevenifitadded
pressuretoanalreadyhecticissinga
eting
hopeterializedathershoulder”ithinkitsinyourstudio”
closinghereyes；rachelnjuredupthestudio；afarend
ofherralinghouseshehadleftitfortheday；thenretuedfor
anunexpectedlittleuingyes；shedhadthe
bookinherhandshehadcarrieditthereandsetitdown
”thanks；sheart”shecuppedhopeschin”areyouokay”the
childlookedforlo
”guineverely”sheate；didntshe
”hopenodded
”seetherethatsagoodsign”shekissedhopesforehead”id
bettergetthebookiunninglate”
”etogetit”hopeasked
butrachelreeredshehadbeendraheottershad
recapturedhereyesheakesurethatthatdra
safelyaway
”thanks；sheart；butilldoit”antto
lethergo；shebegged；”helpsaplease；”