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The bubblegum ice cream melted on my tongue; its overly sweet taste was oddly satisfying despite how I usually turned my nose up at it. I was halfway through my second bowl, shamelessly indulging in this craving, when I glanced around the kitchen. It still felt strange being here, sitting at the same table I had for years, but now knowing it wasn't my family's home

anymore.

"This is weird," I blurted out, earning a confused look from Laura.

"What is?" She licked her spoon, leaning lazily against the counter, her dark hair swept into a loose bun.

"Being here." I gestured around the room with my spoon. "This kitchen used to be ours. Now it's yours...my best friend's...or should I say, my sister-in-law's kitchen."

Laura laughed a bright sound that filled the room. "You better get used to it, sister-in-law. This place is mine now, which means you're stuck with me."

I smiled, but it was true-it still felt surreal sometimes.

Laura wandered over to the cupboards, giving them a thoughtful look. "I need to redecorate, though. This whole space feels so...not me. I've been thinking of painting the cupboards green."

I laughed, mid-spoonful, but when I caught the serious glint in

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the sound. "Oh...uh...yeah. That would

gaze flicked to me, suspicious. "You are the worst

could deny it, Laura flicked a dollop of ice cream in my direction, the sticky cold landing on my arm. "Hey!" I squealed, scrambling for a

smugly, setting her empty

just talk about how ridiculous

the melted remnants of her ice cream

The cupboards? Because yeah, green is a no," I teased,

a look. "You know what

table dramatically. "Don't remind me. He might be my brother, but he's your

counter, her voice dropping to a whisper as if Sarah might somehow hear us from wherever she was.. "We still don't even

what I want to do to him? Murder. Actual murder. He never thinks before he speaks, and now we're here,

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