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Lᴏᴠᴇ Sɪᴄᴋ (3)

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"All right." Belly says as the three get out of the car.

"All right." Jeremiah sighs

"You ready ?"

"Not at all." Liz says

"We got this." Jeremiah says as they walk up the steps

"Yeah."

"Okay." Jeremiah says as he knocks on the door.

The door opens to reveal an older lady with blonde curly hair. "Can I help you ?"

"Aunt Julia. Oh, my God !" Jeremiah chuckles as he hugs her. "Uh, um, Conrad told me you were here. It's-it's been so long. Just wanted to say hi."

"Jeremiah." She says

"Yeah."

"And... ?" She says as she turns to the girls.

"Um, Belly Conklin. Isabel."

"I'm Elizabeth Anderson. We're Laurel Park and Megan Anderson's daughters, Susannah's best friends."

"Right. Sorry. Wow."

"Yeah." Belly says

"It's been so long."

"Yeah." Jeremiah smiles

"You've really got my dad's eyes." She says looking towards him.

"Uh, I got these hydrangeas for you from my mom's garden." He says as he takes the flowers from Belly

"Oh."

"I was just wondering if we could have a second to talk."

"Is this about the house ?"

"Yeah." He chuckles

"I'm sorry, but I've decided to move ahead with the sale. Actually, we're-we're gonna have an open house tomorrow."

"Oh."

"Um, uh, you have to know how much the house means to Jeremiah and Conrad and me and our families." Belly says as she points between her and Liz. "I mean, you spent summers there as a kid, right ?"

Julia nods, "A few, yeah."

"Yeah. I mean, then, you know, why would you want to let go of such a-a magical place ?"

"I remember Susannah calling it that."

"You know, I-I don't understand how you can just get rid of something your sister loved so much. I mean, it's kind of a..." Jeremiah starts

"It's not personal."

"Yeah, I bet." Liz scoffs

"Are you suggesting that I gift the house to you ?" She says as she looks at Jeremiah