I went back into the reception wearing a smile for my friend, but sadness in my gut. Two years later… ‘Mojo I want you to come to dinner at the h...ouse. You hardly ever come by anymore and your god daughter wants to see you. She’s always asking for her Mojo.’ I sat back laughing as Mel called me by my childhood name she’d given me. My name is Monique Jones so cleverly she took the first two letters from my first and last name to come up with Mojo. Now her little two year old monster was running. The other two I stashed in the outside storage bins. While I did that they said their good-byes. I walked the sheriff back to his truck. He handed me an envelope. ‘My phone number is in there and ten thousand dollars. Use the money to take good care of her, get her started.’ He paused, like he was looking for the right words to say. ‘I’m trusting you with the life of my only sister.’ ‘I won’t let her or you down.’ We shook hands and I felt him wanting a hug or something more than a handshake,. “I don’t know anything anymore,” Molly said with a whimper.“By the way, Cousin Lucinda will be here tonight,” Mark said looking over at Ellen.“I’m not gay,” Ellen sai-d in protest.“We’ll let Cousin Lucinda sort that out,” Mark said. He winked at her and added, “I guess you’re still in the closet.”“I’m not in the closet,” Ellen said on the verge of hysteria. She looked around wildly and spotted Peter drinking his coffee. She said, “Peter and I are lovers.”Peter sprayed coffee over half the room.. Then Elizabeth smiled warmly and said, "Clearly, married life becomes you." Then she raised an eyebrow and said, "However, Duchess of Newcastle, I gave you an assignment for your honeymoon. Do you remember?"Karla just grinned, dropped to her knees, spread them wide and opened her mouth."I'll be damned!" Elizabeth mused. "I can't quite make out the pattern on the carpet, but I do see some light." Shaking her head, with an amused grin on her face the Queen said, "Karla Whitfield, you are just too.
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