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good, and as I’ve discovered, it don’t cost as much as therapy.”
    “I know what’s different about you!” Zing exclaimed to Miracle. “You’ve changed out of your pajamas.”
    “You’re darn tootin’, I did. It was high time I snapped out of it,” Miracle said. “And if I get a new hairdo, I’ll really be over it.”
    Zing explained to the others, “Miracle was a Sad Girl because she got her heart broken by Giselle, who didn’t like her butt, but it was really Rita the Meter Maid that did all the damage. It was awful to see. Miracle watched all these sad movies where people died of cancer and she even dripped ice cream juice on her pajamas and wore them for days on end.”
    “You’re both nuckin’ futs,” Carol said. She turned around and walked to the back of the kitchen. “I’m changing out of my uniform, and then this bus is leaving the building.”
    “If you’re referring to yourself as a bus, that’s a downright falsehood. You have a very nice caboose,” Miracle said.
    Carol spun back around. She was so flustered by the compliment she was momentarily speechless.
    “Aw, c’mon, Carol. Go with us to get our hairs cut. It’ll be fun!” Zing coaxed.
    “I don’t have the time or money for such foolishness,” Carol said. But anybody could tell her heart wasn’t in it.
    “Pshaw! I’m paying,” Miracle said. “This is my treat and I won’t take no for an answer.”
    Carol harrumphed loudly and went into the changing room.
    “I don’t want to go without Carol,” Nell said in a small voice.
    “You’re both going with us,” Miracle ordered. “Now, go get your duds on.”
    “But. . . I don’t. . .” Nell stammered.
    “Listen, Zing wants to make it up to you. It’s part of her karmic journey, and you’ve got to help her do it,” Miracle said.
    “Don’t listen to them! They’re a bunch of New Age freaks!” Carol called out from the changing room.
    Zing put her hands under her chin, raised her eyebrows, and gave Nell her big, sad eyes look, which she had perfected by watching the Puss in Boots movie.
    Nell laughed. “Oh, all right. You talked me into it.”
    “Yes!” Miracle said.
    Nell scurried off to the changing room, saying, “I’ll be right back.”
    “Now, we have to work on Carol,” Miracle whispered to Zing. “I want her to go with us.”
    “Okay,” Zing said. She glanced at the changing room and frowned. “But how are we going to do that?”
    “Just watch this,” Miracle said.
    Those three little words made Zing nervous. She’d heard enough about the “just watch this” moments in Miracle’s life to know that it could lead to disaster. Like that time Miracle said ‘just watch this’ right before drinking a pitcher of margaritas and riding the mechanical bull. She didn’t walk for a solid week after that one. Zing sincerely hoped this wasn’t one of those times.
    “You know, Carol,” Miracle called out, “If you don’t go with us, Zing will need you to sign a waiver that states she cannot be held responsible for Nell’s safety. You know what happened last time Zing was supposed to be watching her.”
    Zing hung her head and said, “Do you have to keep bringing that up?”
    Miracle slung her arm over Zing’s shoulders. “I had to use it. It wasn’t really your fault. It was that Dove person’s fault for texting her while she was walking.”
    “I still feel bad. I should’ve been paying more attention. It’s not easy being a guardian angel with ADD.”
    “Hell’s bells, honey, what’s done is done. You’re remedying the situation and that’s what counts,” Miracle said.
    Carol came out of the changing room wearing a pair of faded Levis, a black T-shirt and black combat boots. “What’d you say about signing something?”
    “Oooh, don’t you clean up nice,” Miracle said, her voice low and flirty.
    Carol rolled her eyes, but the blush creeping up her neck showed exactly how pleased she was by Miracle’s compliment.
    “I think