INGS, BUT I'LL EVEN RISK LETTING YOU 'KEEP' ME, IF WE CAN JUST GET OUT OF THIS...THIS...OH, HURRY HOME!"

"I'M ON MY WAY."

ONE OF THE MESSENGERS, RUNNING INTO HER AS SHE BURST OUT, GASPED AN APOLOGY. AND THEN, "JEEZ, MISS AMORY, YOU GOT AN OSCAR OR GOT ENGAGED OR SOMETHIN'? YOU'RE SHOOTIN' OFF STARS!"

"NOPE, BUSTER, I'M MARRIED," SHE TOSSED OVER HER SHOULDER AS SHE RAN FOR HER WHITE MERCEDES. AND BY THE TIME THAT GETS BACK TO HEDDA, SHE THOUGHT GLEEFULLY AS SHE RAN, DONNA JONES AND CONSTANCE MORTON WILL BE SAFE IN A SHABBY LITTLE SHACK HIGH UP IN THE VALLEY. AND WHO'LL KNOW THEY'RE DARE AMORY AND SECRETARY?

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I'M VERY SELF-CONSCIOUS. FEEL THAT PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AT ME.

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