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almost lifted my arm to sniff my pits. And for this I put on deodorant, so a thirty-plus-something could treat me like dirt.
    “ B.J.,” she sneered. “Well, we all know what the boys must think of you.”
    I caught my breath, feeling my nails bite into my palms. Could I break away from Liz and kick this bitch’s butt before anybody stopped me?
    Liz’s arm tightened around my shoulders. “Okay, that’s enough. You can go.”
    “ All right,” I said, flicking a quick glance over my shoulder at Carol. “Just tell your boy-toy to bring back my stuff, Liz. Let’s go, Carol. If you let me drive, we’ll be back at Evergreen in time for dinner. It’s pizza night.”
    “ Not you,” Liz glanced at me. “Jocelyn. She’s leaving now. She’ll be back when she remembers the manners I taught her.”
    “ Oh, damn.” I heaved a dramatic sigh and rolled my eyes at the Barbie doll. “Guess that power suit didn’t work. Better luck next time. I’m rooting for you.”
    She stormed past me and stomped down the path, her heels stabbing holes into the dirt.
    I’d made another enemy, but what else was new? I turned to Liz. “Hey, it’s been a blast, but honestly we can go. I don’t want to be blamed for screwing up things with your ‘real’ kid.”
    Liz smiled and gave me another quick hug. “Oh, don’t worry about Jocelyn, honey. She’s a bit spoiled but she’ll come to love you just as much as Ted and I do.”
    That was enough to gag a maggot. I tried not to puke. Who did this old lady think she was fooling? Love was for suckers. And there was no way that I’d ever get along with Jocelyn. She’d started a war with the “name” crap.
    But I didn’t get a chance to say anything before Liz opened the front door. Every dog in the world came racing at me. Barking, snarling, snapping and leaping. I froze. I couldn’t move, could barely breathe. They kept coming. Crap, they were going to get me!
    I struggled to step back, but Liz’s hold tightened on my shoulders. Carol grabbed my arms. Oh God, they were planning to feed me to the dogs! I closed my eyes, expecting the pain of dozens of fangs sinking into my legs at any moment.
    “ Shut up!” Liz yelled, sounding just like a cop.
    But I wasn’t even talking. I looked back at the dogs again. Poised, mouths open and drooling, enormous fangs gleaming. I was definitely lunch. That is if they’d had breakfast and from the way they hovered in anticipation, I doubted it.
    “ Sit,” Liz ordered in a hard voice.
    What? Where? There weren’t any chairs in the hall. There was nowhere for me to sit but on the floor. I let my legs give out, but their arms still held me upright. How did they expect me to obey if they wouldn’t let me?
    The dogs flopped to the hard wood floor with a thud, each obeying the command in their own way.
    Oh, she was talking to them, not me. I straightened and the grip on me relaxed.
    The biggest dog stood eyeballing me. It reminded me of the Doberman Pinscher the cop who arrested me for auto theft owned. It had stared at me through the bars from its perch in the passenger seat of the squad car, its foul breath filling the space between us.
    The Doberman started forward and I stepped back. Carol’s car keys were sandwiched between my upper arm and her hand where she still kept hold of me. Could I grab them and make it out to the Escort before the dog ripped my throat out?
    “ That’s Bull,” Liz said. “He’s hard of hearing.” She raised her voice, repeating the command for him to sit. He did, emitting a sound like a sigh.
    The immediate threat averted, I took a deep breath and counted the dogs. There were actually only four of them. Bull sat next to a German shepherd. Two matching fluffy gold and white dust-mop types flanked either side of them. They all sat quietly watching us.
    So, why could I still hear barking? I looked at Liz. “You have more?”
    “ First, let’s introduce you to these old duffers.” Liz smiled at me.