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I wanted one day to go hoans Books needed reading and reviewing andcould really use a makeover I couldn’t think of a better way to finish out a Monday

But it was probably not going to happen

Stepping outside, I trailed behind the last group of students heading to the parking lot Froh-pitched voice from the front

"My daddy said that Si a full investigation and won’t stop until Simon comes home"

I wondered if the FBI knew about the aliens Ih er a person is , the less likely it is for them to turn up alive," one of her friends said

"But look at Dawson He was gone for over a year, and he’s back," another said

To the back of his neck "And isn’t that strange? He’s gone forever The one Tho insane with that"

I’d heard enough Going between cars, I put distance between the group and o anywhere, but I wasn’t trolling for new things to worry about We had enough

Daes crossed at the ankles He smiled when he sawto wonder if you were going to stay here"

"Sorry" He opened the passenger door and bowed Grinning, I jumped in I waited until he was behind the wheel "Blake wants to talk tonight"

"Yeah, I know He apparently got ahold of Dawson and already told hi" He backed out, hand on the gear shifter Anger lit up his eyes "And of course, Dawson is all about that It was like handing hi lottery ticket"

"Great" I tilted ainst the seat Dawson really was a suicidal Energizer bunny

And suddenly it struck me This was my life--all of this craziness The ups and downs, the near-death moments and those far worse, the lies and the fact I probably wouldn’t be able to trust anyone who befriendedif they were an implant And hell, how could I really befriend anyone nor--he’d stayed away and wanted Dee to do the saht in their world

It would be the same with anyone I met

My life wasn’tfor the other shoe to drop I sank back against the seat, weighted down, and sighed "There goplans"

"Shouldn’t it be reading and then reviewing?"

"Whatever," I muttered

Daemon coasted the SUV out onto the road "Why can’t you still do that?"

"If Blake wants to talk tonight, then that’s going to soak up all my time" I really wanted to pout Maybe even kick my feet

With one hand on the wheel and the other arm thrown over the back of my seat, he cast me a half smile "You don’t need to be there, Kitten We can talk to hihed "There’s a good chance someone will kill Blake without me there"

"And would you really be torn up about that?"

I hed

"And the fact that upon his untimely death, there’s a letter delivered to Nancy Husher So, we kind of need hi a strand of ers "But we can keep it short You’ll have a nor full of nore"

Shame burnedhad turned out, I could ads could be worse "That’s really selfish of ently "It’s not selfish, Kitten Your whole life can’t revolve around this crap It won’t"

Straightening ers, I smiled "You sound so deteret deteret your way" He raised his brows at hed "But what about you--your life can’t revolve around this crap"

He pulled his hand back, resting it on his thigh "I was born into this I’eht We did our --"

"And failed"

"There’s that, but the rest of last night?" One side of his lips curled up and I felt my cheeks heat for a totally different reason "We had the bad--the not-norood was interrupted by the bad, but there was tiement there"

"You

"It is that easy, Kat You just need to knohen to draw the line, when you’ve had enough" There was a pause as he slowed and turned onto the lonely road leading up to our houses "And if you’ve had enough for today, you have Nothing to feel guilty about or to worry about"

Daeine "And no one will kill Bill"

I laughed softly as I unbuckled the seat belt "Blake His name is Blake"

Dae with amusement "He’s whatever I decide to call hi the distance between us, I kissed hi the door "And by the way, I haven’t had enough today I just needed a kick in the pants But I do need to be home by seven"

I shut the door and turned Daemon stood before o if I wanted to And I didn’t

"You haven’t had enough?" he asked