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Show Inside Out, 229 "OK," I said, walking her to the door. I wanted to say how glad I was that she hadn't been there during the shooting, but I knew she was thinking about her friends, so I didn't say anything. Dad and Leslie came back and fell in love with Atticus. We ate the most enormous dinner I had ever eaten and played Monopoly until Dad got caught cheating and Paul fell asleep on the floor. Later we ate even more turkey and some of Emma's homemade pumpkin pie. Atticus rolled around in the newspaper that was spread out on the floor. It was the best Thanksgiving I could remember. Just before bedtime Terra called to tell me that Simon and another guy she didn't know had been shot. Simon was alive but in serious condition at the hospital. Terra said, "I'm glad we left when we did." As I drifted off to sleep I wondered how Joseph could have known what was going to happen at the party. |