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It was going to be sunrise soon enough, so I figured I should change into shorts and a T-shirt What I really wanted to do was talk to Jessica about all that had happened that night, but she&039;d disappeared after assaulting Sinclair There was still time to track her down

I decided to cheer ains, a 180 pair of white-and-black loafers I&039;d be the best-dressed dead girl in the house Then when I rose toht, I&039;d be ready for action What kind of action, I had no idea I&039;d worry about that then

Meanwhile, I paired the bargains with black anklets, a black and white skirt,was practically indestructible in the hands of a good dry cleaner), and my black wool blazer I checked ht: adorable I iuess this sounds kind of shallow, but it&039;s harder to be depressed when you put yourself together as best you can To put it another way, ain, but withmy underpants, I was ready for whatever the world threw at me

I walked out of my room, down the stairs, down about six hallways, and into the kitchen, where Marc was eating Cheerios I could hear Jess ru around on the other side of the roo up froed back to my roo to Marc

"What was that? Where&039;d she go? I was looking for her"

"She&039;s too tall to pull off the schoolgirl thing"

"I thought she looked cute"

"She looked like a blond zebra Look, I&039;m her friend; it&039;s my job to tell her this stuff"

"It&039;s your job to pay rent It&039;s my job to tell her that stuff You&039;re a picky bitch," Jessica replied

"Noho&039;s spouting cliches? I&039;ay and you&039;re bitchy I think she&039;s had a tough enough week And it&039;s only Tuesday!"

"Right, so the last thing she needs is a fashion clashin&039;" He trailed off (or I got far enough away) and I shut s, stick with the e into sandals No, it was thirty degrees outside Not that I was going outside But you weren&039;t really dressed until your toes had souessed

I was just putting ains back into the closet when there was a knock at ht you looked cute," she said by way of greeting

"I think he&039;s right I&039;ood in that outfit You want it?"

"No thanks I want to talk about what happened earlier-" She glanced out the"You got time?"

"Yeah, half an hour, at least" I never saw the sun, though it couldn&039;t hurt h, hoas that whole thing?"

"No wonder Sinclair was so interested in tagging along tonight," she added, sitting next to me on the bed "He knew, and he didn&039;t tell you Didn&039;t warn you or anything"

"I know! See, see? Everyone&039;s all &039;Oh, give Sinclair a chance, he&039;s not so bad&039; because they don&039;t see the evil, dark, yukky, nutty side of him He is the Almond Joy of my life"

"Honey, I&039;m convinced That was pretty sneaky, even for him Are you okay? It must have been a shock You want another cup of tea or so?"

"No" I wanted not to be dead, but of course that wasn&039;t happening anytiht that et back to it later "I&039; him for me"

"It was either bonk him on the head or stab him with his own butter knife"

"That could have been fun And thanks for evicting him"

"I don&039;t think it&039;ll work" She frowned "He won&039;t leave"

"Vaet out of the ducts"

"So, what? What does this et used to the Ant being knocked up"

"Lie"

"Okay, you&039;re right, I was still kind of freaked But now I&039;ot another sibling, never hter of the devil Not the Ant The devil But-and stop me if you&039;ve heard this before-what aed

"There&039;s gotta be o to hiet the rest of the story"

"Screw that"

"Amen" I flopped down onto my bedspread "I kneas too quiet around here," Iwas bound to happen I was expecting zo"

"Bets, I think it&039;s time"