Neelke swore she didn’t take anything. She gave Isabel a teary speech: Why would I take anything? Why would I take, we have everything at home? And Isabel said: To sell, to pawn off, I don’t know why a thief would steal, you tell me. And Neelke said, No no no no! And cried, sobbed, at which point Eva came in smelling of suntan lotion. She looked bewildered by the scene, asked, “What—” And to Isabel, immediately: “What did you say to her, Isabel?” “None of your business,” Isabel said, and Eva turned to Neelke with a “Sweetheart, what—” “I have to go,” Neelke said, even though she was only
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