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Lisa Scottoline Final Appeal To all my parents, and to Kiki Contents 1 At times like this I realize I’m too old to… 2 “Are you saying it was Shake and Bake?” I ask,… 3 Empty coffee cups dot the surface of Armen’s conference table… 4 The ringing of a telephone shatters a deep, lovely slumber. 5 I pack Maddie off to school in record time and… 6 Judge Galanter’s breath carries the harsh tang of Binaca. Cigar… 7 His breast pocket bears a plastic plate that says R. ARRINGTON… 8 “Shake and Bake is in jail?” Artie says, shocked.… 9 “She’s too big, Mom,” Maddie says, shuddering in her nightgown. … 10 Executive Parking Lot, says the sign on the steel racks… 11 “Bernice, no!” I shout, but she pays even less attention… 12 Only an hour later I have crossed the threshold into… 13 My head buzzes with liquor from the night before; my… 14 “Who’s there?” I shout, terrified.… 15 Maddie’s gone outside to play, and my mother hands me… 16 “Let’s do it,” Eletha says grimly as we encounter the… 17 I wake up on a green plastic couch in a room I’ve… 18 Bernice rests her chin on the top of the plastic… 19 The phone rings after the police leave. “Grace.” It’s a man’s… 20 Needlepoint is usually surefire therapy. I take refuge in it… 21 I spend a long time at the dining room table, feeling… 22 It’s Sunday, and Bernice, Ricki, and I sit on the… 23 Monday morning I push open the glass door into the… 24 “You had a phone call, Grace,” Eletha calls out from… 25 I slip my master key into the doorknob. It… 26 Galanter’s office gleams in the morning light, all sparkling surfaces… 27 I tell Winn the story while I pop chicken with rosemary… 28 Wednesday is my alleged day off, but I decide to… 29 I sit at my desk with the form letter in… 30 “Hang up, Grace,” Ben says. He closes the door behind… 31 I wake up in silence and semidarkness. There’s a bed… 32 “Will you look at that!” Artie says in amazement at…
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