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"Well, that uess he knows that he’s a target, being a successful businesshed "Oh well, he seeood Though, I’ happened to you"

"Yeah" She grinned "That’s dads for you, you have to love them"

"Yeah, we love our dad too" Jared slappedbreakfast It was nice seeing you again, Maddie I sure hope you can convince Logan to take you with him I think you’d both have fun" And with that he sauntered back up to the house withat his back

"Your brother is so nice" Maddie laughed up at me "And he is super cute"

"You have a crush on him as well?" I said harsher than I intended

"What? No" She blushed, and looked away from me "And what do you mean on him as well?"

"Well, don’t you have a crush on antly "Haven’t you had a crush on rew red, and a part of me was happy to have the answer confirmed

"Joey and his sister aren’t exactly the best people to keep secrets"

"Argh, I’ll kill Lucy" She shook her head "And it was a teenage crush, I don’t have it any her hair over her shoulder "I’hed out loud and shookor not?" I turned around and walked to the Toyota

"Where are we going?" She hurried after me

"To sell this car"

"You just sell it?" She looked shocked "Don’t they ask to see your papers?"

"They know there are no papers" I grinned at her, all of a sudden feeling lightheaded

"Oh" She licked her lips and I could tell she was nervous "Do youthe bus back"

"I don’t mind"

"Then hop in" I juine as she slid into the passenger seat I looked over at her, and she s in her lap She looked beautiful and innocent, so unlike she had the first night she had gotten into the car I stared at her,in the dimple in her left cheek and the way her lips had a natural curve when she wasn’t even speaking I looked further down her and tried not to stare at the swell of her brsts and the s for? Aren’t we going?" She grinned at me excitedly

"One would think you’d never been in a stolen car before"

"One would think you’d never had a girl in a stolen car with you before"

"Then one would be thinking incorrectly"

"I see" She turned away from me quickly, and her tone sounded hurt Good, I didn’t want her to know that she was the first girl I’d had in a stolen car with irl I had been on a drop with It was crazy, and she was the last person I should be taking with an, a voice in my head whispered Bad move But it wasn’t a bad estions Maybe I was doing this because subconsciously I wanted to hurt her I’d teach her a lesson, and she would be crushed And then she’d be ho and the mayor would be beside hiain, a little heartbreak wasn’t going to do anything to the uy before? I’m sure she’d had her share of dalliances and heartbreaks She certainly wasn’t soin, that was for sure

"What are you thinking about?" She leaned towards the radio "Can I put on so at her I could feel , and I felt uncomfortable with her in the seat next to me I didn’t want her to be here with me, yet I felt so alive, so excited, so happy to have her here with et revenge on her and avenge my family The fact was, I didn’t want to hurt her I took a quick glance at Maddie and watched as her hair blew in the wind coh herHer eyes were alert and happy, and she gave me a quick smile as she noticed my stare I turned away quickly, as ive myself if I hurt Maddie on purpose And orse is that I didn’t know if she would ever forgive me either

"Do you like Maroon 5?" She bobbed her head to an unfa

"I don’t know them" I shook my head

"You don’t know Maroon 5? What?" Her eyes darted to hed

"From The Voice!"

"What voice?"

"The TV show"

"I’ about"

"Wow," she laughed "Don’t you watch TV?"

"Not really" I shook my head We only had one TV in the house and my father was parked in front of it twenty-four-seven

"That’s crazy"

"Really?" I raised an eyebrow at her "Out of everything you know about ht everyone watched TV"

"Even those who can’t afford a TV or cable?"

"Oh, I didn’t think …" Her voice trailed off and she blushed "I suppose you think I’ ently "But do you act like someone who comes from money? Yeah But that’s not unreasonable, because that was your upbringing, I’hed, and I could see her twisting her hands "I suppose I’, bad wolf of River Valley?"

"No, I mean to someone who has so hed "I think I have the least aht I ured stealing cars would be like a drug"

"Not really" I turned onto the highway and checked the rearviewme "Maybe when I first started, yeah, there was a thrill of exciteer and exhilaration Now it’s mundane"

"Mundane, now there’s a word" She looked over at hed

"You took the SAT?" She looked surprised

"No" I shookthat slip "I never took it They lanced at the words once or twice out of boredo history?"

"Yeah" She rolled her eyes "I don’t want to bore you though"

"You won’t bore me, I like history"

"You do?" I could hear the shock in her voice and I laughed

"No, not really" I accelerated and switched to the left-lane of the highway "I was uy myself"

"Oh, I sucked at all the science subjects"

"I doubt you sucked at anything"

"You would be surprised My dad had to get me private tutors It ful I was the only person in my dorm who had two tutors"

"Dor school"