Brad Armstrong peered outside and looked questioning and, the boys thought, disapprovingly at his secretary."What on earth is the trouble, Miss Worthi...ngton?" he asked. Then spotting the twins who were standing with their hands politely clasped behind their backs, he realized what the commotion was. "Oh! It's you boys again," he said. "Well, come on in. I've got a second to spare."Triumphantly the Larsens marched past Miss Worthington, and just before closing Mr. Armstrong's door, Bennie, who. Sat down with a thud ... got back up ... looked at us both.“Okay ... who did you kill?”“Nobody.”There was a long drawn out pause ... with a lot of heavy breathing and looking anywhere but at her ... and I said, “But we did lie to a government official.”And Jim said, “Not exactly.”“How not exactly?”“Well ... they never asked,” Jim looked at me and I nodded.“Yeah ... never,” I said.“But you never said,” not a question.“Right.”“It was something we didn’t want to explain,” Said Jim.“What. 'No, darling,' he said. 'Just giving the bride a little kiss fortradition's sake.''Your tradition,' Janet said, 'is to try to shag anything in a skirt.'I gave her a sharp glance - after all, she appeared to have a similartradition - and she had the grace to look bashful.'I suppose you've come to drag me to the reception,' she said, 'and forcechampagne down my throat. Come on then.'The two of them disappeared around the side of the house, and I breathed asigh of relief.***Thanks for covering up. .. the plain girl onthe tennis team? That shouldn't be too difficult..."Shonn pulled back so answer. "Actually I thought maybe we could playwingmen as Koralyne's friends, Jesicka and Sidnee. If her best friendssuggest it, Koralyne might give Neel the opportunity he needs to starta relationship for real." Shonn flashed a devious grin. "And we couldmess with both of them along the way, of course. Neel gets what hewants, and we can have fun with it..."Miss Portland gave Aemii a wry smile. "At.
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