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Then she wrote Jake’ in shorthand, the dark backward sloping and light horizontal K on the line, with two little commas underneath to show it was a proper name. Things weren’t thrilling. “An exquisite sliver of smoked salmon between two very old stale pieces of bread,” said Billy. I’m real sorry, sweetheart.

Who’s he by?”“Great, our first win,” said Mary Jo, rushing up and hugging Dino. Jake adored her-more than any person or animal he had known in his life. Everyone congratulated Rupert. I suppose I hated Billy being dependent on someone else.