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sweet tea

Emeline, being a resourceful human, decided that the best way of exorcising the demons of her past lovers was to describe them using three adjectives Using her calligraphy set, a graduation gift from her uncle Ted, She carefully wrote out each word on a vellum note card and tied them up with a navy blue grosgrain ribbon She poured herself a glass of sweet tea grabbed a box of tools from under the kitchen sink and set out into the evening shade of her backyard. She slid her sandals on her feet as she scuffed along letting the screen door slam behind her Macy, the neighbor's beagle, commenced to yapping as soon as the screen door had fired its warning shot and continued to keep up the racket as Emeline strode across the yard. Hush, Macy, she said under her breath She had every right to yap, Emeline thought, if something rightly disturbed her. That is why she did not scold her directly. Emeline knelt down in the grass and dug into her toolbox. She p...