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"Holy Christ at the playback of the video on her phone "This town is getting even weirder Noe have possessed PTAaxes"

Nadia let her hands fall to her side To Ms Walsh she said only, "We should get out of here Let thes out"

Which didn’t make much sense, but Ms Walsh si her eyes off Nadia The bracelet of charms around Nadia’s wrist had never felt so conspicuous before; she always thought of it as looking like just another piece of jewelry, but now she felt as though she earing a flashing sign that proclaimed her a witch

That was ridiculous, of course But as she watched Ms Walsh go, one thought flashed through Nadia’s mind: She knows

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"FREE CHIPS," GAGE SAID THROUGH A CRUNCHY MOUTHFUL "Free salsa To what do I owe the honor?"

"To Tuesday nights usually being the slowest of the week at La Catrina" Mateo iping down the next table, getting it ready to turn over--though fros, it would be a while before it was filled The red leather booths were mostly empty; the brilliantly colored skeletons on the walls ale was the only person in Mateo’s section at thewith Verlaine"

"Verlaine--that’s the girl with gray hair, right?" Like e didn’t see "Girlfriend, huh? You and Nadia sound serious"

"Definitely" Mateo kneas starting to grin, and that he was probably going to get teased about it, but he didn’t care "As serious as it gets"

"Whoa, whoa Check yourself ‘As serious as it gets’ is randparents, who just had their fifty-third anniversary"

"Okay As serious as it gets before that"

Gage shook his head "Listen, don’t bite o that you and Elizabeth Pike were acting like you ay ut turn over At Gage’s party, he’d passionately kissed Nadiaat least, soe and everyone else there had seen the truth: Mateo had been in Elizabeth’s aric and tricked hi she was Nadia

"That was a one-tiest e looked hopeful