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had been piling up for several days. "Fine. Here we go: Credit Card Bill–"
    "Ruthless bastards!"
    Jacie smiled. "Junk mail shoe catalog." She tossed that one over her shoulder, not caring that it landed in the sink. "More junk mail about the gazillion dollar low interest loan I qualify for."
    "I wish I'd get that one."
    "Huh?"
    "Nothing. Keep looking."
    She tossed the loan envelope over her shoulder. "Junk mail flyer about how to meet sexy, busty women online." She set that on the table to check out the photos later. "That's it. Now, enough about a stupid invitation. What have you been–?"
    "Wait. It might have been a special delivery. Mine was."
    Jacie sighed loudly. "There hasn't been–" Then her eyes widened with recognition and she went over to her sofa and started digging through her briefcase, her phone still pressed to her ear. "Some guy came by the office this morning. Of course he happened to be there at the same time as the UPS guy and my postman, so I just stuck his envelope on my desk at work. I figured it was another one of those charity dinner invitations where I should be grateful to be invited to a $250 a plate rubber chicken dinner."
    Her satchel-style briefcase was so full that she finally resorted to dumping it upside-down and shaking things out of the pockets. When she saw a crumpled white envelope fall out, she grabbed it and went back to the table.
    The return address was from Gwen Langtree in Town & Country, Missouri, a ritzy suburb about 12 miles outside of St. Louis. "Well, I'll be goddamned," Jacie breathed.
    "That's what I said."
    "What does she want?"
    "Open it and see."
    Jacie jumped up from the table and stuffed the invitation into the trashcan "No. Gwen can go fuck herself."
    "Jesus, Jacie. Fine. I'll tell you what it says. She's apologizing and wants us all to get together. She put all of our addresses and phone numbers there. That's how I found you. I didn't even know you were back in town."
    Jacie stalked back to her chair but continued to shoot daggers at her trashcan. "I've been back in St. Louis for years. I got tired of all that fresh air and clean living in Santa Fe," she said dryly.
    "Audrey's in Utah. I wonder if she's a Mormon or one of the Osmonds by now. She always did want a dozen kids."
    Jacie leaned back in her chair. "Wouldn't you know? You're in the same family, for Christ's sake."
    "I haven't seen or spoken to her for years. We drifted apart after… Well, things were never the same once we all split. Seems like funerals are the only thing that get the whole family together anymore. And most of the older generation is gone already."
    "Umm…" She did her best to sound casual. "What about Nina?" The name tasted funny on her lips after having gone so many years without saying it out loud.
    Katherine let out a knowing grunt. "She's here."
    Jacie licked her lips as butterflies began to dance in her belly. "In St. Louis? You're kidding." Visions of running into Nina at some gas station or the post office filled her with a combination of dread and ever-present longing.
    "Well, yeah, but not in the city. In a suburb. I guess we all find our way home eventually." Impatient as ever, Katherine got right to the point and asked, "So are you going to accept Gwen's invitation?"
    Was she? Could she risk it and try to be mature, letting bygones be bygones after all these years? "Fuck no."
    "Jacieeeeee," Katherine whined. "Why not?"
    She felt an explosion of burning anger that extended from the pit of her stomach to the tip of her toes, and she fought to keep from growling out her words. "How can you ask me that?"
    "I can ask you that because I love you... moron. I've been thinking about this all day. And I've come to the realization that I miss you. I miss all of us. Even Gwen. "
    Jacie sat there, stunned. "I… I don't know what to say, Katy. I miss you too. Just the other day Emily did something goofy that reminded me of Audrey. I about fell over laughing."
    "Is Emily your dog? Audrey