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"So it wasn’t the Notebook …"

"Look, I know that Cam’s interested in you He said so And I know that he’s happy for me and Braden too, even if it eird at first You just need to spend ether Braden’s parents are out of town this weekend and it’s just his younger brother at their place His mom invited us to stay over They have a pool and there’s aon near there on Saturday Mark, Adam, and Cam are invited You should co around with her this weekend and I don’t want to ditch her Now that her parents are living in Florida she doesn’t have anywhere to go on weekends and I think she needs more socialization She works in a law library and she spends every night in her apart stuff and having deep conversations with the neighbor’s cat if she doesn’t get out more"

Bruno yipped He didn’t like cats Whenever he saw one he would follow it around and give it what I’ looks Wait - he followed it around Okay, ti is, Jess, Iyou?" She sat up straighter and looked concerned and I hoped that I wasn’t getting her all worked up for nothing

"Yeah, it could be nothing but I just got this weird feeling Anyway, I was thinking that I shouldn’t keep this stuff to ht and soover the weekend In fact, why don’t we invite Lily along too?"

"You know that she and Adaht" I paused "Definitely invite her then"

"You don’t think anyone wouldall these people to Senator Pierce’s house while he’s away?" she asked with a laugh

"Of course not," I replied Probably not I stood up and tucked Bruno under rab some more clothes" I headed down a short hallway to my room and Jess followed rabbedit on a chair I would kind of miss this room too when I moved It was small and cozy and crammed with books just like my room in my parents’ brownstone in New York

"So, as Cae anyway?" Jess asked as Iout what I needed I paused and thought about her question for a ether at Yale What was Caot involved in all kinds of activities He was very intelligent, but not intellectual, uy He was in a fraternity and he was very popular"

"You were close?" she asked and I hesitated We hadn’t really gotten into a lot of detail about Caether a lot," I replied, hoping thatabout it

"What did you do when you hung out?" Okay, eren’t done talking about it What, was she cross-exa the like I had sixty seconds to evacuate the building