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And like this, through the phone, I don’t have to remember that Shan looks like a stranger now     Color me flabbergasted. I have no idea what that means, to “color me,” but I see it in books and I like the image it brings to mind. What color would flabbergasted look like, hmm?

“I told you that this would rock the boat. Literally, it was all anyone could talk about”

I stand up, hyperaware that every eye in my class is upon me, and hobble toward Ma.

“Why am I not surprised,” he spat out. “I ask for no gifts, I ask that they respect our boundaries. Does anyone listen? Nope”

It does seem that Libby, my older, wiser sister, is always right

He wasn’t sure what he had done today to annoy Libby, but it was very possible the answer was “breathing”