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“What am I going to do without you, Ayala?” She said it with a laugh, but Ayala jumped at the opening

There is little that Penina wants to do less than make small talk with Gabe Cohen

Gabe has spent a lifetime dodging conflict, and he isn’t about to change that now

Bracha rubbed a hand over her eyes. “Pretending that everything is normal is the only thing that keeps me sane”

“I remember how we were warned about your father when Ezra was in shidduchim. A nice girl, but a strange family”

But Ayala wasn’t good at flattery. She never had been. Still, here went her best shot