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Then I realized it, too I was staring I was rude

I didn’t care

I couldn’t stop taking in all the details of her Her clothes were expensive Carter had h I tried to buy my own clothes, he had someone buy clothes forpeople know my clothes were tailor made My sister didn’t shout nized a lot of the brands They were high-end and not bought off the shelf The toes of a black boot peeked out froht cash from side to side A scarf around her neck completed the look

Whatever had happened to her, it had blessed her in the end

She cleared her throat and nudged the guy next to her My gaze turned to hi

"Miss Nathans?" I said to hiht red She looked down at her lap

He leaned forward in his seat, tugging his jacket’s collar away from his throat "Uh, yes"

"My na at Carter "I don’t knohy I called you that I knew, I mean--the media referenced you as Eht…" He quieted as my sister placed her hand over his

She leaned forward Her chin lifted Her shoulders went back The red had faded quickly and, soant, sophisticated wo to say is that he’d hoped the naered aTriggered

None of those words sat right with me, and I tensed, but Carter took over He must have felt my distress and, much like she had, he now commanded the attention "Let’s keep the pleasantries to a et to our destination"

"About that--" The ain "We had asked tous, yourthe location--"

Carter spoke over him "Because it was my call Not yours"