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"I orking," she repeated "I don’t let anyone up here Not for any reason"

"You let your boyfriend Nick up here! Oh, I’ him"

"Good God, Holly," she said, pushed beyond family civility "Could you be anymore crude? What did you want anyway?" Cyn decided she was hungry and gestured clearly toward the stairs Holly huffed in disgust, but stomped down to the kitchen Cyn followed and opened the freezer looking for so to toast

Her housekeeper, Anna, had left several muffins for her Giant, home-baked, fruit-filled, butter soaked muffins, each of which packed at least 1500 calories Anna was a nice, round lady orried about Cyn’s unmarried status and was convinced it was because she was too thin to attract a man Who wanted a wo treats around, hoping to put a few pounds on Cyn and thus increase her chances Cynthia eyed the ed later, she could have a ed later, she’d never have tih all of the video froet some s hanging she could dispose of today, clearing her calendar to concentrate on Alexandra’s abduction She sighed and reached for a plain Englishto me?"

Cyn popped the muffin in the toaster, then blinked at her sister "Sorry Work proble?"

"I said if you worked a normal job with normal hours, you wouldn’t be so odd You’re positively antisocial, Cyndi It’s not healthy"

"I like my job" She looked up "And I don’t like ht," Holly said waspishly "But you like hanging around those godless bloodsuckers and who knohat other abo yourself, Cynthia He says va in hell"

"Hm Chuck again? I see h boy"

"There are more important qualities in a man than his physical appearance, Cyndi," Holly said prio all holier than thou on me, little sister Your interest in Chuck has more to do with his daddy’s money than any of Chuck’s finer qualities"

"Says the trust fund baby"

"You’ve got plenty of ument between them and one Cyn was heartily sick of As her father’s only child, Cyn was the sole beneficiary of her grandparents’ generation-skipping trust fund, a small fortune which had becoed as she put a stingy dab of butter on her ed the subject "So what is it you wanted?"

"They’re finished with my house, but I need a ride to my car I left it at a friend’s house in the Palisades," Holly said, deliberately casual "Chuck brought ht"

Cynthia chuckled "Too much medicine, Hol?"

"I was not drunk," Holly objected "Soraciously offered to drive me home That’s all there is to it"

Cyn studied Holly’s criht Chuck back here last night? How long was he here?"