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“ I was wondering where that went.” Eddie laughed. Tanya did not want her daughter to think they were laughing at her terror.
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The evening still lingered in her memory and seemed surreal and incredibly exciting. Tanya danced with one man who asked her if she wanted to go to the Bahamas. He was flying his plane there next week. She showed her wedding ring. His statement was to let him know when she got bored with that situation. At first she thought he had a little too much to drink. When the officer gladly retrieved his Rolls Royce, she was forced to reconsider Dr. Norman Clark’ s comments. Tanya did not reconsider the offer, but she was flattered when he asked where such an intelligent, charming and beautiful woman had been hiding.“ The sock in the light fixture is hilarious, but you had to be there,” Tanya said, trying to contain her laughter. Nicole glared at the pair of hyenas. She returned to her room without a word.“ Should we say something to her?” Eddie asked.“ She is a teenager. Everything is about her. Eventually she will understand the world does not revolve around Nicole. Deep inside she knows I was telling her the truth.” Justin arrived home and was sorry he had missed Nicole’ s unwarranted scream. He wished he had figured out how easily he could elicit such a reaction.
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