Yours, Joni
Feeling guilty already, she let her finger hover atop the ‘send’ button. Then she pressed down. It was the naughtiest act she’d ever committed. Her only regret was that it took her so long to do it.
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Dinner that night was, as usual, a pretty somber affair. Mrs. Wiggins joined her and Dennis for a spaghetti dinner that took Joni hours to make. Dennis had nothing to say except, “The garlic bread was a little burned.”
Mrs. Wiggins joined in. “I agree. You should have only kept them in for ten minutes.”
Joni had no reaction. She cold barely scrape together the energy to mask her unhappiness with a smile. She left the table early to search her inbox for returned emails.
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When Joni spotted a message from ‘Portia,’ she nearly squealed in delight.
Joni,
I am so ver
