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He shrugged as if to say, “We just leave well enough alone.”

I understand why you’re thinking you should leave well enough alone now that there’s no immediate conflict to resolve.

Then again, the creative mind that finds it difficult to leave well enough alone is the same one that engineered the mushroom “scallop,” a vegetarian entree in which the meaty stems of royal trumpet mushrooms are seared, scored and steamed until their texture resembles that of the prized bivalves.

But of course, I can never leave well enough alone so I added several twists of my own.

Even as she knew that she should just leave well enough alone, get out of the conversation and avoid Clara and the rest of the Daffodil Manor ghosts from then on like Aunt Rose had advised...well, she couldn’t help but feel the prickle of curiosity.