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"They’re not going to care unless you have the full dollar aoing to toss your senile grandma out onto the streets because you’re a month behind" She paused "It’ll probably be two roaned "Thanks"

But Star only shts into the universe and good things will happen"

She forced a return sht Star would never realize how miserable Kylie was at theshe felt Star thought that sadness could be erased by a good round ofa star chart She prettynutty that people associated with Los Angeles, but she was a good friend

"Well," Star said after a moment "I think there’s a dead adult film star’s place on the other side of town if you want to hit up another estate sale?"

Kylie shook her head "If it’s all the sao houe "Fine, be that way" But they packed up their trays and got back into Star’s tiny beat-up Focus and headed back to her apartment

By Malibu standards, Star’s aparts and shag carpeting and not in the greatest neighborhood, but she had a large living area and a dining roo to be auctioned When Kylie wasn’t touring, her "home" was Star’s sofa, and as she set her purse down on it, she wanted nothingto happen while she was living with Star Her friend sat in her recliner across from Kylie and immediately flipped on the TV to Antiques Roadshow

"You knohat? I think I’ot up from the couch-slash-bed and headed for the bathrooht have a moment to herself

Once she locked the door behind her, she started the shower and sat down on the edge of the tub Hot tears pricked behind her eyes

She ainst her own, his teasing, his curls, his everything She e bestowed upon hiht, and the way he looked first thing in the

She loved him She loved him, and because her life was a mess, she couldn’t be with hirow to resent her, the way she resented Nana Sloane The way Nana Sloane had resented her

It was the right thing to do, but that didn’t s Didn’t hate Daphne for taking the cheap way out and costing Kylie a sned a bad contract

Actually, scratch that She didn’t even hate Daphne She hated herself for leaving her phone in her purse and getting caught That one small moment had cost her a wonderful man

The tears flowed, and Kylie pressed her face into a washcloth, weeping

A soft knock caht in there?" Star asked

"Fine," Kylie said quickly, swiping at her tears "I’ot in the shower but there’s so to see you"

She bit back her gasp of surprise Cade? But then, as she surprised that he was here? Of course he was She’d abandoned hi herself She was such a jerk "T-tell hiot a pretty swanky aura," Star said "And a lis in my book"

"I’her so she could hopefully drown out any further protests Starout of the bathroo as possible She’d showered, scrubbed, loofahed, deep-conditioned, dyed her roots, shaved every inch, lotioned her skin, painted her nails, and would have blown out her hair if it wasn’t so stea up her towel, piled her wet hair into a clip, and then eed

Star popped her head around the corner "Feel better?"

"Much," Kylie lied Most of the swelling around her eyes had gone down at least Most And what the shower hadn’t fixed, eyedrops had