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eleanor

"Eleanor," her mother called. She shook her head. She had to stop thinking so much.

"Yes?" Her mother have her an eerily sincere look. Eleanor felt an instinctive clench rise in her stomach. That was the same look her mother gave her when she told Eleanor about her engagement to Richie.

"Remember-" she looked down at Eleanor's dress. "Let me help you with that." Her mother walked behind her.

"What were you about to say?" Her mother sighed, the air fanning across Eleanor's neck.

"I have good news and bad news."

"Good news." She knew her mother would ask.

"You, uh..." she paused, more air huffing from her mothers nose inaudibly, "you don't have to worry about deciding whether or not to go to school here." The dress fell from Eleanor's shoulders, her hand jumping to keep from flashing her mother.

"What do you mean?"

"Well..." her mother pulled at her Pom-Pom of a ponytail. "That's the bad news. You have to move to Wichita with your aunt and uncle."

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