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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

288 wivvesbehavingbadly

. wii come and i'll get credit  blacklisted if i don't do something soon ..."
at this point . i interrupted .' poppy . listen to . have you stopped playing ? that's the first step ."
"of course i have ."
poppy was a hopeless liar ." i don't believe you .poppy ."
 the situation  was still too delicate  for the direct  approach ,  and i had been chimsy . she turned savage  ." it's none of your business . i can deal with it . if you can just arrange for  the money , then it  will be sorted ."
a lifetime of self-help manuals came to my rescue ." why don't you go and talk to someone ." i lowered my voice ." poppy i can find out who ."
there was more choking ." i miss dad it's like  having a hole  in the head  . why did he have to die  ?" silence , and then her bleak , disembodied voice at the other end of the line ." i wish i was dead ."
i glanced at the clock . i had one hour precisely  in hand , but it would be put to better use than in pressing the jacket  that wass next up on the list ." hang on  , poppy ." i felt the trill of stepping  into  untrodden terrotory ." i can come over ."
'no" she said  ." don't ."
eve  was lying in the farthest bed from the entrance to the ward , which i imagined  gave her a modicum  of peace . the traffic in ad  out was staggering - trolleys , visitors , doctors in white coats .
she was propped up on pillws and her color matched the linen ." hallo ,  mrs lloyd ."
"eve , are you feeling  better ?" i placed a basket of front on her bedside table and drew up a chair . she was too exhausted .to talk much , so i held her hand and stroked  her fingers . the gesture seemed to please  her for she smiled family and and closed her eyes . after a while , i went in search of information .

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