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5. Poodle Fuzz and a Twinge of Jealousy

When an injury temporarily lands Bonnie in a wheelchair, Christy is forced to take over as building manager and makes a surprising discovery.

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Bonnie injures both ankles when she accidentally steps off a curb while talking on her cell phone with Christy. Bonnie experiences what it's like to be unable to walk, which helps her to better understand Adam. Christy fills in for her mom as the apartment complex manager and is surprised to learn that Bonnie does a lot of nice things for the tenants, even though she also has to deal with some of Bonnie's old worse self trying to leverage the injury for her own benefit. Title meaning: Something Adam finds in his ice cream and a line from a book that Christy reads to a blind tenant.

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