“Celia, you can’t really expect us to fall for this ‘aw shucks’ routine,” I said. She looked at me. And the way she did it made me feel as if no one had ever really looked at me before. Not even Don. “That hurts my feelings,” she said. I felt a little bit bad. But I certainly wasn’t going to let on. “I didn’t mean anything by it,” I said. “Yes, you absolutely did,” Celia said. “I think you’re a bit of a cynic.” Ruby, that fair-weather friend, pretended to hear the AD calling for her and took off. “I just have a hard time believing a woman the entire town is saying will be nominated next year
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