she had been so sure that he would be gone by the time she awoke . she looked at the foot of the bed . there was no sign of winston . what had become of her faithful pal ? now that was a really dumb question , she thought . winston was a truly fabulous dog in many respects . but in the end , he was still a
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melody could see melissa was star-struck , looking like the cliched deer-in-the-headlights , gazing open-mouthed up at logan . melody coughed softly in an effort to get her attention . ryan stepped forward into the breach . '' shall we get started ? '' he looked at melody , an eyebrow cocked . she gave him an equally puzzled look and a brief shrug of her shoulder . melissa had apparently realized she was indeed working , hurriedly taking a seat next to melody across the table from
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louise stepped forward and put her arm around claire 's mother and said , '' now evelyn , you know this is n't chrissie ; this is claire , remember ? '' her mother looked at claire in confusion and then claire could see the agitation beginning . '' i think i know who my own daughter is , '' said her mother indignantly . saddened , claire looked at louise and said , '' it does n't matter
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