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"Well, you’re the head cheerleader," she said "You’re the student council vice president You have to support Will and Tia" She raised her eyebrows behind her glasses "And I have things to give you, and things to tell you"

That did it for otten thatto a close I needed to enjoy every second

As soon as we’d set off in her car, she handed me a little satin pouch "This is for me?" I asked

"Yes From Sawyer’s dad"

"Sawyer’s dad What in God’s naerous?" I dumped the contents of the pouch out onto lass pelican, carefully handmade, colored like Sawyer’s costume hite feathers and a yellow beak and feet This one had a tiny red heart on his chest A red ribbon was looped through the back of the figure to turn it into a necklace

"Sawyer brought it over," Harper said "His dad made it out of the blue and wanted to tell you he’s sorry about what he said, and sorry you found out"

I wasn’t sure how I felt about that, but I put the ribbon over my head and touched the cold pendant "Sounds like he and Sawyer had a heart-to-heart"

"They did"

My sto to twist That was all I wanted to hear about Sawyer I changed the subject "So, your ?"

"Yes! Well, they’re going out on a date tonight"

I asked carefully, "Is that okay with you?"

"I’ve always liked Mr Cruz," she said "I do not want four sisters Maybe they’ll just date for a while And speaking of dating" She glanced in the rearview mirror at Brody, who stretched across the back seat with his earbuds in, snoring softly

"Poor thing," she said "He got sacked so hard last night Did you hear it?"

I shook h He was airborne It looked painful"

"I heard it frorinned at ht!"

"You did ?" I squeaked

"Shhh! Yes After we took you ho out with Tia’s dad, so Brody and I went over to ht start to feel better if he could lie down for a while We decided we’d better go ahead and have sex in case he died"