Twister 1303

Anne likes saying “fat of the land.” With irony. She uses it at work. While shopping. Doing the dishes. And at Denny’s. She’s still missing.

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Twister 1302

That was so delicious, he says. And he means it. But she’s not impressed. Not at all. Speak for yourself, she says. She snaps her legs shut.

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Twister 1301

There’s this odd explosion. So the cops arrest Casey. Because he’s kinda odd. This is wrong, Casey complains. No, it’s odd, his lawyer says.

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Twister 1300

You won’t love me if I tell the truth, Joe says. Lea says, Just bend down. He says, I take too much demographic space. I love you, she says.

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Twister 1299

You would make such a good father, Lea says, settling in. She sees a future here. Al freaks out. And thinks preventative thoughts. Of gramma

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Twister 1298

He ordered the duck and she rolled her eyes and said You’ll never be inside me again. And he started giggling. Fowl is a funny word, he said

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Twister 1297

The tree fell slowly, dramatically, and came through the window at his moment of climax. He thought the commotion meant something. Of course

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Twister 1296

He was unsentimental about death. So he missed the pageantry of mourning, the catharsis of it. It also meant he ate more donuts at funerals.

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Twister 1295

The policeman caught her in the basement parking lot, doing her business behind a Dodge Caravan. At least it’s an American vehicle, she said

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Twister 1294

He walks in thinking he can have every small-town waitress in the place. Which might have been true if they didn’t find waxed chests so icky

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