--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Do you have your keys?” Kerry abruptly…" description: "\"“Do you have your keys?” Kerry abruptly asked. Hannah looked surprised, then alarmed. “Kerry, don’t go and do--” “I just need to take a drive. Clear my..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/donna-kauffman-2275_good-luck_do-you-have-your-keys-kerry-abruptly-ask_490334.jpg" --- # Do you have your keys?” Kerry abruptly asked. Hannah… ![“Do you have your keys?” Kerry abruptly asked. Hannah looked surprised, then alarmed. “Kerry, don’t go and do--” “I just need to take a drive. Clear my head. Think. Cooper is in his element here and likely will be for a good long while. If he asks--” “If?” Hannah said, lawyering up again, clearly…” quote by Donna Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/donna-kauffman-2275_good-luck_do-you-have-your-keys-kerry-abruptly-ask_490334.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/donna-kauffman-2275_good-luck_do-you-have-your-keys-kerry-abruptly-ask_490334.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/donna-kauffman-2275_good-luck_do-you-have-your-keys-kerry-abruptly-ask_490334.jpg) > ““Do you have your keys?” Kerry abruptly asked. Hannah looked surprised, then alarmed. “Kerry, don’t go and do--” “I just need to take a drive. Clear my head. Think. Cooper is in his element here and likely will be for a good long while. If he asks--” “If?” Hannah said, lawyering up again, clearly not on board with Kerry’s sudden wild hare. “If he asks,” Kerry repeated evenly, “tell him I’ve gone for a drive and will be back for dinner.” She looked Hannah square in the eyes. “I promise. I just need some space. I have a lot to think about.” “It doesn’t all need thinking out today,” Hannah reminded her. “If I don’t get a handle on it now, it’s only going to pile on and be that much more complicated and confusing. I don’t want to get pushed or overwhelmed and do something I’ll regret.” She took the keys Hannah begrudgingly handed her. “Thank you. I won’t put a scratch on her, I swear.” “It’s not her getting banged up I’m worried about,” Hannah said. Kerry impulsively pulled her sister in for a tight hug. “Thank you,” she whispered. “For loving me despite what a confusing pain in the ass I can be.” Hannah hugged her back, then let her go. “I do love you,” she said to Kerry’s retreating back. “But if you’re not here by dinner, I’m going to tell Cooper to run, run fast.” Kerry tossed a smile over her shoulder. “Good luck with that. I already tried.”” [Donna Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-kauffman/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. 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