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. “Since when do you do your mama’s shopping?”“Since she’s been stuck at home entertaining you for the last two days.” Sara put the bags on the counter, rubbing her fingers to encourage the circulation to return.“I’m not that hard to entertain,” Bella said. “It’s your mother who needs to get out more.”“With tequila?”Bella smiled mischievously. “She never could hold her liquor. I’m convinced that’s the only reason she married your father.”Sara laughed as she put the milk in the refrigerator. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw a plate piled high with chicken, ready for frying.Bella provided, “We snapped some greens last night.”“Lovely,” Sara mumbled, thinking this was the best news she had heard all week. Cathy’s green bean casserole was the perfect companion to her fried chicken. “How was church?”“A little too fire and brimstone for me,” Bella confessed, taking an orange out of the bowl on the table. “Tell me about your life. Anything interesting happening?”“Same old same old,” Sara told her, sorting through the cans.Bella peeled the orange, sounding disappointed when she said, “Well, sometimes routine can be comforting.”Sara made a “hm” sound as she put a can of soup on the shelf above the stove.“Very comforting.”“Hm,” Sara repeated, knowing exactly where this was going.When Sara was in medical school at Emory University in Atlanta, she had briefly lived with her aunt Bella. The late-night parties, the drinking and the constant flow of men had finally caused a split. Sara had to get up at five in the morning to attend classes, not to mention the fact that she needed her nights quiet so that she could study. To her credit, Bella had tried to limit her social life, but in the end they had agreed it was best for Sara to