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I followed the voices and found the and Tate However, the girl I’d never seen She was tall, slender, and gorgeous Long, dark, alh cheekbones and perfect nose gave her the look of wealth

"There she is," Sterling said s at me "I was about to call Jasper The pool house is locked and we are starving Could you tell me the code and fix us lunch?" His smile was friendly

"Yes, of course 49287 is the code," I told hi the lunch outside please And I’d like a irl said as she stared at me the same way Stone did Except she seemed more annoyed with et either of you a drink too?" I asked

"Bourbon," Tate said, then winked

"Whatever good beer Jasper has," Sterling replied

"I’ll have those out shortly," I told therocery today after all From the looks of the wo to be hard to please, and would keep

I made the drinks, then delivered them Just before I walked inside I heard Tate call the woman’s name "Maisie"

I paused and irl Jasper had broken up with before he returned here Why was she here now? Had he known she was co? If he did, why didn’t he tell me?

This hat I had been scared of His world andlike her, and I never would be I tried not to think of our drastic differences as I made a strawberry avocado salad to serve them while I made pasta for their main meal No matter how hard I tried to push uedout to the else for me to do She needed a towel that was plusher than the ones in the pool house She wanted heroil Then that was the wrong kind She needed one with less SPF She wanted a sparkling water She hated avocados She wanted a spinach salad with pine nuts and strawberries She was driving me crazy

The more she asked for--or rather demanded--the less time I had to think about why she was here The day went by quickly When I was headed outside with her thirda deep breath and reet thing isn’t attractive, Jasper You wanted space We had space Don’t be ridiculous," Maisie said sounding aht grin "Bring Jasper a drink He needs one"

Jasper turned then to seea tray with Maisie’s martini on it He looked at the drink, then at lanced around to see all their eyes on me "Yes" I wanted to crawl to ht about Facing his friends about us

"Fuck," he said walking over to take the tray frooddalass shattering everywhere

"Jesus, Jasper! What is the deal?" Tate asked, cli out of the pool, his eyes wide

"My deal is you co at Maisie, "and don’t think to fucking ask irlfriend around like she’s your slave And because Beulah is the sweetest person I know she takes it" He looked back at me "Did you feed them?"

I nodded, almost nervous to say yes He winced "God I’ back to theirlfriend?" Maisie asked, her tone had gone froht now froed position There was fire in her eyes

"Holy shit," Tate said in a whisper loud enough for us all to hear hi added

"You need to leave Pack your shit and get the hell out of here We broke up, Maisie Do you not re intolike you own the place is typical of you One of the ain Go"

He turned around and walked towardsorry," he said as he walked us back inside the house

"You threw the drink" That was all I could think to say

He chuckled "Yeah I ht have losttheht not have, but I did She shouldn’t be here You live here, you do not work here I wish you’d called ht you knew"

"If anyone ever comes in this house and I haven’t spoken to you about it, I don’t know I’ve not had time to talk to anyone No one knows about us yet But they will now Which is good They all need to know"

"She’s beautiful, but she’s not nice" I told hi she was different She wasn’t She was a fantastic actress"