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An Important Question

Author: Ali Parker
last update Last Updated: 2023-11-09 01:21:00

Lanie

The doorbell sang, and I immediately got to work smoothing down my hair and patting under my eyes, checking for any eyeshadow that had fallen there. It didn’t matter that Andrew had seen me in all kinds of rumpled states. I still got butterflies when I thought of seeing him, and I wanted to look good for dinner at his house.

The door flew open, and Karen smiled wide. “Lanie,” she cooed, pulling me in for a hug.

We’d only met once before, but Karen had one of those personalities. She could make friends with anyone.

“How are you doing?” I asked, face still pressed against her shoulder.

“Good, good. Come in out of that cold.” She quickly shut the door behind me. “I was just headed home. Raven and Andrew are somewhere downstairs, and dinner is in the oven.”

As she talked, she worked fast, taking and hanging my coat in the hall closet and winding her scarf around her neck. “There’s a cake in the fridge. You’re not allergic to coconut, are you?”

“Nope. I love it.”

“Oh, good! It’s coco
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