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Depp and Adele

I tiltat Rowan upside

down "What exactly do you think you know?"

"Well, I know you have a phone, I know you talk to

Sawyer at night when you think I’ a vision of so, and you

all see about it" Trey snorts and sits up "Well, that about su "Thank you and good

night, everyone--I’ve got an early , so, uh, Jules?

You wanna take this one in your office?"

I just stare du inside the

pocket of his jeans He pulls out a familiar key chain

"Just reme at school again" He gives

smile and hands the keys to the new meatball truck to et et up and shuffle toward the door,

dragging Rowan by her pajama collar "Come on, you

little weasel," I say "Girls quarters Immediately" Moo

into our room and close the door Rowan pulls her terry

cloth robe froainst

the crack under the door as a sound barrier I stand at the

closet, take off my clothes, and put on soot from this dope

bookshop called Anderson’s Ever since the visions, I started

wearing it to bed because it made me feel calm, and bed plus

calm equals sleep Which I can always use ht so when our parents coht through

the door cracks and barging in, and we cli er, and we talk about what the

hell she’s about to do

"I guess I want to meet him," I say I feel like the mom She’s quiet for asecond hour, then Tomorrow I’m always in that

little study roohs "Honestly, Jules You’re supposed to be

the bad child"

"What, you want me to skip class? They’ll call hoht, and that’ll be easy"

"Oh, Jules Tsk"

"What, you forge her signature too? Do you even go

to class at all?"

"I’ood at it, actually"

I shake h

"One day you are going to get so busted"