. were merideth so inclined she could have warned stevie about her experience with me and informed her that portion control arely had the desired impact on my inquisitive appette . if fact , it often had the oppositr effect . meri wasn't inclined .
i said nothing . i waited . stevie . stevie filled the void , as i suspected she would .
" lisa stayed - well , she moved to hollywood - and ... that's her life . she likes being in the orbit of important people . she was some sitcom actor's personal assistant for a while .di the surrogacy thing for sussie , our half sister . susie is a screenwriter . that was nice . i thought it might change lisa . it didn't ." she glanceed at at merideth and shook her head ."lisa and i go for months without talking soetimes , i call her occasionally - don't get me wrong , but i ened up on voice mail nine times out of ten 'm only here tonight because she -" stevie looked at merideth as though she though she deserved an apology from her -" made it sound like some kind of huge emergecy ."
\" and you don't think it is ?" i asked . without any conscious intent to do so i ghad swithed to my office voice . when i was on my game , it was cocked out one hip ." does this look like some big nine-one-one to you ?CSI couldn't find anything worth testing in here ."
i wondered if stevie had been hoping for some blood spatter .
merideth wasn't ready to accept stevie 's cavalier assessment about lisa's behavior . she said ," but your sister left some of her things . look ." she pointed at the mess around the sofa in the living roon . a couple of paperback novels , half a dozen magazines - an odd mix of fashion , pop culture , and outdoors - an open spiral-bound book of sudoku puzzles , and a couple of newspaper cosswords littered the area around thee couch and coffee table .
i said nothing . i waited . stevie . stevie filled the void , as i suspected she would .
" lisa stayed - well , she moved to hollywood - and ... that's her life . she likes being in the orbit of important people . she was some sitcom actor's personal assistant for a while .di the surrogacy thing for sussie , our half sister . susie is a screenwriter . that was nice . i thought it might change lisa . it didn't ." she glanceed at at merideth and shook her head ."lisa and i go for months without talking soetimes , i call her occasionally - don't get me wrong , but i ened up on voice mail nine times out of ten 'm only here tonight because she -" stevie looked at merideth as though she though she deserved an apology from her -" made it sound like some kind of huge emergecy ."
\" and you don't think it is ?" i asked . without any conscious intent to do so i ghad swithed to my office voice . when i was on my game , it was cocked out one hip ." does this look like some big nine-one-one to you ?CSI couldn't find anything worth testing in here ."
i wondered if stevie had been hoping for some blood spatter .
merideth wasn't ready to accept stevie 's cavalier assessment about lisa's behavior . she said ," but your sister left some of her things . look ." she pointed at the mess around the sofa in the living roon . a couple of paperback novels , half a dozen magazines - an odd mix of fashion , pop culture , and outdoors - an open spiral-bound book of sudoku puzzles , and a couple of newspaper cosswords littered the area around thee couch and coffee table .
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