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"It was funny, Jones," Tiff said, crossing an elegant and very girly leg over the other I watched Terran track it like a hawk It was all I could do not to laugh I let the crooked ht punch and hissed, "Not funny"

"So funny," I whispered back, thinking of the years that Jade and I had been on the Radar for Friend Scrutiny Now Terran could deal He was under a girl’s spell like the rest of us poor saps and it was a great moment

Yes indeedy

"I can’t believe you spiked my mom’s punch," John said in a morose voice

Jonesy’s eyebrows rose "We can only hope she consuroaned and did a facepaluys off the subject ofand all the uncoolness that was"

"I don’t know, renatures?" Tiff said, clearly goading him

Jonesy opened his mouth for rebuttal when Carson walked up

No surprise that the asswipe had sootten an invite; his daddy owned half of Kent I bet the cops were peeking through thethough He was under souard

Tiff tried to hide her tension and couldn’t Terran uys," Carson s once-over that clearly undressed her A light blush rose to her face and I could tell she was restraining herself when Bry walked up and clapped hiered forward, and that was saying sorown to be tall dudes and Bry had made him stumble with the force of his love tap

"Why don’t you check out soave the back of Carson’s neck a bruising squeeze and Carson swung around, his punch cup’s contents rioting dangerously around the ri freak out but his face had darkened This situation had caused the potential of a red stain fest to be forgotten

It was all about Carson noticing Tiff Carson being around Tiff

Tiff scared Again

John was pissed about it buthis cool Shit, I wish I could do that I would’ve already incited a riot I wanted to kill hi at the choke hold She teetered over to Carson Even with the high heels giving her four inches she was still inches shorter than him Somehow, Tiff never had looked small I knew that was a contradiction in ter for a third when that Frazier low life had put the wha her was just icing on a fat cake

She was still the bravest person I knew Maybethe dralee He and Tiff should have been twins: she was the one without a filter and a streak of mean

She looked up into Hamilton’s eyes and fluttered her eyelashes

Fluttered Her Eyelashes

The guys were stunned, it was too um and psychedelic yawn hoodies it couldn’t be

Yet it was

"See Weller, she likes in’ on it," Carson said to Bry as he and John seethed I knew she didn’t, Tiff had a plan

"I like your brand," Tiff said, dragging a s the skin of his forear and sensual I couldn’t believe how she orking hih with hi to witness

"I want your brand to go away and never co its head scratched "I prefer my men with dicks, ya know," she purred

Oh dear baby Jesus, I thought with a one down, she wasn’t giving an inch

And he was going to take aher shoulders and giving her a hard shake that et out of this but she didn’t

"Help!" she yelled in a pitiful, un-Tiff like yell

Every male in the room turned and saw the six feet one Ha her

His dad gave him a look that should have cooked him on the spot and he wasn’t the one with the Pyrokinesis

Ha over Carson dropped his aran to i and sliding down her face

It was Acadeile looking Tiff and then back to Carson in disbelief "Why are you laying hands on this girl?" he de as he whispered, "Didn’t you learn your lesson?"

My dad strode over to us and said to Carson, "You should leave There won’t be any tolerance for violence here I believe the appropriate chaperones are outside"

Joan Terran joined Dad with a sniff "Yes, as I’ve mentioned since time immemorial, words shall be used in this house instead of fists" She cocked her head like a bird before taking a worm "I will see you to the door now" She hadn’t tasted the punch, I was disappointed to note

"Dad!" Carson protested, "She was"

"Not here, Carson," he said, fuuy

Dad’s look was one of pure disappointment Of course, he had broken his thuave a surprised yelp, not contrived like her earlier behavior but a genuine oh shit The passive fear was reasserting itself and I was sad to see it take up residence again

Before anyone could react she was crushed against hi to her that only she could hear and then duainst his chest, his forear her throat "Get out of my house, Hamilton," John ordered in a low voice Carson locked eyes with hi his lips

He turned that look to Tiff, saying, "It’s a promise, babe"

People were quiet after that scene but it was Joan Terran that put it into perspective "He’s an ill- man" Then her sharp bird-like eyes fell on Tiff "Are you quite alright young lady?"

Tiff nodded her head and Joan looked at John "She just ht be able to stand on her o, John"

An inored it

Jonesy and I about died, it was i Up "Not yet," he said turning away fro around a so her carefully until they faced each other

"I’rated John’s brows rose to his hairline

Unflappable

"Huh?" Jonesy said "That was righteous, except for that ending I gotta ask, did you plan that?"

Tiff nodded

"Why?" John asked "He’s gone forever now, you should have let Bry handle it"