Her workout clothes were getting a bit ripe, and unlike my sister Lillian, I had more pressing things to do than the wash. I took Dashiell to the strip of land along the river, now gussied up with benches and called a park, and let him run for a while. Then we headed for Lisa’s. When I unlocked the door, Dash made a beeline for the water bowl. I dumped Lisa’s mail on the small table near the door and headed upstairs. I had brought along my leather backpack to use as a shopping bag. I began my shopping in Lisa’s bureau, taking a few more black tops and some leggings. Next I decided I needed a change of jewelry. I dropped the musical earrings back into the top drawer of the jewelry box and fished around to see what else I liked. I decided on little silver hearts, simple, with a dot in the center of each. In the second drawer, in keeping with the theme, there was another heart piece, tucked into a robin’s-egg-blue Tiffany bag, as the jasper necklace had been, a heavy silver link bracelet with a heart dangling from it.
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