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Burning Breakfast
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KariThey ate breakfast all hovered around the kitchen, and then worked to finish packing up the house together. It was an hour before lunch when they finally got on the road, Marc and Lisa driving the U-Haul as it dragged Sicily's car. Sicily and Kari were in her small Honda together. Kari had agreed to drive the first couple of hours to get them through New York traffic. Sicily would pick up the last two to three, the total trip only taking five hours or so.Kari turned up the radio as Sicily buckled up and leaned back, closing her eyes. It had been a long two weeks of packing and saying goodbye. Kari was more than ready for the change ahead of them. Her mom had spent almost every night at her place and would be up the next weekend to see everything and visit. She was close to her mother, but things had been different since her parents’ divorce. If there was one thing she prayed most for, it was that she'd never end up divorced after being with someone so long."I need to take a qui
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