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So this is what it’s like to have so--e to beat the shit out of the person who fired the shot But this is totally different

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A truck rumbles up the back alley

"That’s the Danish delivery," Marty says "If he tries pushing squashed-to-shit pastries on us again, I’ to have to bust sooes out the back door, h it, into the kitchen

"Hey, bitch You ready to go?"

"Yeah, five e-fund er and kind of a dick Her mom is very beautiful and very sad, and I’ve never seen her without a glass of Pinot Grigio They don’t send Mar to a private school, even though they can afford it, because they want her to have "grit" Street smarts

I don’t know if it’s the result of the public school system or if it just coirl most likely to run the world? I’d put my money on Marlow

"The front door is locked--what’s up with that?"

"Logan fixed the lock," I tell her

Her bright red, heart-shaped mouth smiles "Good job, Kevin Costner You should staple the key to Ellie’s forehead, though, or she’ll lose it"

She has nauard, Tommy Sullivan, walks in a few minutes later, Marlow uses his "Hello, Delicious" She twirls her honey-colored, bouncy hair around her finger, cocking her hip and tilting her head like a vintage pinup girl

To super-flirt, winks "Hello, pretty, underage lass" Then he nods to Logan and s, Miss Ellie"

"Hey, Tommy"

Marlow struts forward "Three al adult--then I’ to use you, abuse you and throw you away"

The dark-haired devil grins "That’s estures toward the back door "Now, are we ready for a fun day of learning?"

One of the security guys has been walking me to school ever since the public and press lost their minds over Nicholas and Olivia’s still-technically-unconfirmed relationship They make sure no one messes with me and they drive me in the tinted, bulletproof SUV when it rains--it’s a pretty sweet deal

I grabfrom the corner

"I can’t believe I didn’t think of this before Elle--you should have a huge banger here tonight!" says Marlow

Toan couldn’t have synced up better if they’d practiced:

"No fucking way"

Marlow holds up her hands, paler," To way Iout Very few Very roup"

I toy with ood idea"

Throwing a party when your parents are away is a rite-of-high-school passage And after this suain It’s now or never

"It’s a terrible idea" Logan scowls