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Una blinked at the tiny woman before she burst into laughter. “This is your inside source?”
The elderly woman’s arm shot out so fast that Lilly could barely follow the movement. She slapped Una’s hand, and Una let out a yelp and jerked her injured fingers back.
Una cradled her wrecked dignity against her chest and glared at the sassy short woman. “What was that for?”
“If I had a ruler, it would’ve been for punishment,” Alma quipped as she glared back at Una. “But since I only had my hand, you can treat it as a warning.”
“Ladies,” Al spoke up as he slipped between them and held a palm out toward each of them. “We didn’t come here to get into a fight.”
The old woman held out her quick palm to him in return. “Before you come here to do anything, I want p*****t in advance.”
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