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He followed her to the front door and stood close to her while she worked the lock with her keys The door opened She turned to face him

Don’t kiss him!

She didn’t Instead, Nina took his hand and led him inside The door closed behind the time

You could kill him, my inner voice told et aith it, too Siet into his car, follow hihborhood, pull up next to hiht, roll down the , say "Hey," and when he leans over put two rounds between his eyes and drive away No muss, no fuss

Yeah, but what about the next one? Or the one after that? If I started piling up dead boyfriends, Nina was bound to get suspicious And how long could I get aith it before Bobby Dunston carted hts?

I shook the idea from my head

You could beat hiht he was? There’s nothing worse than picking a fight with a guy to i your ass kicked

What other options do you have?

A voodoo priestess once taught me a simple way to hex my enemies She said I should write the evildoer’s name nine times and insert the paper into the mouth of a snake

Except you don’t have a snake

"Nina" I said the name out loud just to hear the sound of it It didn’t do hts, and put it in gear

Well, you saw Nina with another man Are you happy now?

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