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Chris thought about Carol's bookclub friends. There was Bernadette, the curly headed blonde who was always bragging about how her husband doted on her and even did more than his share of chores. Kim, the slender divorcée who was always annoying, chatty, and bossy, and Maya, the half-south Asia divorcée, who was friendly and smart, and Chris wondered how she fit in with the rest.

"Carol, you have a boo club meeting today, right?"

"Yes," she said in a sleepy voice.

"Make sure you pass out the candies I bought during your meeting, and you want to get loaded. Understand?"

"Yes."

Chris snapped Carol out of her trance.

Carol blinked a few times. "My book club meeting is in an hour. I need to get a few more bottles of wine. You'll make yourself scarce during the meeting, right?"

"Oh sure," said Chris.

Carol grabbed her purse and headed to the liquor store.