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Her brow furrowed "What do you mean?"
"You run from me; you won’t look atit now is because you don’t think you have a choice You have no proble around my brother, so why the problem with me? Am I that horrible?" She stared at hi hi at you, like that’s going to fix anything Is that what’s wrong? Is it my temper?"
"I don’t hate you I justdon’t understand you"
So his chest No one had understood him before, but he wanted her to He needed her to, because for the first tiing of his phone thwarted his response He pulled it out of his pocket, and she took the opportunity to slip past hi out of the laundry room behind her "I think you’ll find we’re a lot alike if you take the chance to get to know me"
He turned away from her to answer the call "Yeah, Dia?"
"I shouldn’t have hung up," Dia said "Do you still need your laundry done?"
"No, I got it," he said "Solanced into the laundry room, that he hadn’t even thanked Haven for her help
Carmine burst into his father’s office and plopped down in the chair in front of the desk Vincent put down the lasses "Co at all"
Not in the mood for a lecture, Carirl here?"
Vincent sighed "Haven’t we already had this conversation? You said you didn’t care"
"I care now" His oords caught hiuard Did he?
Vincent eyed hi question "She says some weird shit"
"I wasn’t aware you cared to talk to her"
"Yeah, well, she’s staying in randfather left this place to ht her here"
"Willingly? Because it doesn’t see up after people She didn’t even own anything"
"You’re right--it’s no vacation for her--but it’s a big step up from her last home"
"California," Carmine said "Or so she thinks She lived with a master who could’ve killed her"
Vincent’s eyes widened "I’m surprised she told you so much"
"I asked, and apparently she feels like she can’t deny anyone anything when they ask"
"Oh, that’s where you’re wrong," Vincent said "If the child didn’t want to tell you, she wouldn’t She ht be trained to serve, but she kno to keep secrets She wouldn’t have survived as long as she has otherwise"
Caroing to stay here indefinitely?"
"Yes," Vincent said, putting his glasses back on "And she isn’t to leave the house without et used to her"
"Get used to her? Really? There’s seriously so with the e live"
Vincent shook his head "I kno you can be, so unless you needaway from her"
"How do you know she helped me with my laundry?"
Vincent motioned toward the computer e on the surveillance cameras There were a few in the house,because of you There still aren’t any cameras in the bedrooms"
"And it better stay that way," Carsty anyup his ain "Just be mindful of what I said I’d appreciate it if you were polite and didn’t try to s harder for her"
Carmine stood "In other words, don’t be myself"
"Precisely, son"
Car to find Tess and Do lot He cli down on the hood of his Mazda He shoved her off, and she laughed as she took a seat on her clunker instead
"What’s gotten into those two?"
Dia shrugged while Tess laughed dryly, pushing past Dootten in to us is the fact that your father’s an idiot!"
"Knock it off, Tess," Dolowered at hiirl in, and you not only fail to tell irlfriend, but when I find out you say it’s not a big deal?"
Dia leaned toward Car with you?"
"Yes, but she’s blowing it out of proportion," Car in a house with Mr I’ll-fuck-anything-that-walks!" Tess said
"Give me a break," Carmine said "Don’t act like you’re upset because of me It’s not ave hi off, but Do
"That was interesting," Dia said "You’re not really banging the girl, are you?"
Do"
"It’s not that we don’t get along," Carmine said "It’s just she runs every tihed "If you’d relax, I’m sure she’d come around"
"You’ve never met her," Carmine said "Hell, you didn’t know she existed until a o You aren’t exactly an expert on the subject"
"She’s just soht? We’re not that co her, but there’s nothing wrong with ing anymore, Dia The nineties are over People fuck"
"Not always," she said "Sometimes they make love"
"Not h the school’s corridor toward his second-period class when he spotted his brother in the library Do away at the keys Curiosity grabbed Carlass doors into the room