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“Does Donald know about this?”
“No. Heck, I don’t even really know.”
Just then, a muffled sound made its way from the back of the house, from the direction of the kitchen. We both looked up.
“What’s that?” Holly asked. “Wes?”
“Must be,” I said, and quickly went back to Holly’s urgent matter. “But, now, about your present crisis.”
“Can you help me?”
“Of course. It looks like you have three main problems, Holl.”
“You are always so organized,” she said, exhaling. “Thanks, Maddie. Thanks.”
“First, if I had to place a bet, I’d say you probably are married to this Dubinsky person, because how else would these anonymous e-mailers get your name unless it was off of some official marriage record somewhere, right? Which means you need to get out of that fluky old marriage immediately in order to marry your Donald.”
“Right.”
“Second, you are going to have to tell Donald about your past.”
Holly nodded, her face serious. “Okay. I can do all that.”
“Good.”
“And third?” Holly asked.
“But then, third, clearly,” I said, looking back at the creased paper, “since you actually knew a Marvin Dubinsky, and you actually married a Marvin Dubinsky, then you are actually the Holly these jerks are threatening by anonymous e-mail, after all.”
“That’s the part,” Holly said, “that I sort of already got, Mad.”
“And I hate to see anyone I love being bullied. So just don’t worry about this anymore, okay? Some idiots using scare tactics. We’ll get to the bottom of it.”
“I knew you could help me.”
“Do you have any idea where Marvin Dubinsky is today?”
“I have absolutely no idea in the world,” she said. “Nada, none, zilch.”
“Well, that’s something we need to find out. Because this Marvin dude seems to be dragging you into some kind of trouble and we have to clear that up.”
“Cool.”
“And we’re going to need to get you clear of that marriage, too, if it was legal and you really got hitched.”
“Right.”
“So we’ll just have to do a little digging around and find Marvin Dubinsky. I mean, how hard can that be?”
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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
“Mood Indigo”
“Nutty”
“Between Black & White”
“All or Nothing at All”
“Party’s Over”
“Dear Lord (BREAKDOWNS AND ALTERNATE TAKE)”
“I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan”
“I Want to Talk About You”
“Darkness”
“The Chill of Death”
“Little Things You Used to Do”
“Living Space”
“I’m Beginning to See the Light”
“Hello, Goodbye, Forget It”
“Who’s Sorry Now?”
“Big Nick”
“The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers”
“Sing Sing Sing”
“Something to Remember You By”
“I Get a Kick Out of You”
“I Got It Bad (AND THAT AIN’T GOOD)”
“Money Jungle”
“Jeeps Blues”
“Frisky”
“Look of Love”
“Blues in the Night”
“Look Beyond”
“Sisters”
“It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie”
“Come on-a My House”
“Secret Love”
“Consequences”
“Surprise”
“You’ll Never Go to Heaven”
“Lotta Sax Appeal”
“The Bean Stalks Again”
“Just One More Chance”
Acknowledgments
Praise
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