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It turned out Roth’s girlfriend’s name was Silke, which seemed completely improbable, but apparently was the kind of Nordic na-pool blue eyes
Wren plugged her nuerous aniht suddenly bite him I wished she would Behind her , but fro devil Roth was right to be afraid
Then Wren gave an address for this New Year’s party My dead grand to injectuntil it became too late to stop her Which was, I reminded myself, the proble the trouble the rest of us had to wriggle out of
I had no idea what she was thinking Hoould this help Penny?
I couldn’t picture anyone from Mossley at a trailer park, no less Roth and his friends I was sure that was part of what Wren thought would be aweso Silke’s distress as she wobbled around the pickup trucks and plastic reindeer in her high heels, Roth on her arm And Grandma’s trailer wasn’t a bad spot for a party, per se I could volunteer to clear it out, a job that ht be fun to have a party
But not a party with Roth and the kids from Mossley Not a party that we couldn’t even pretend was cool, because they’d be there relared at her
Wren’s grin only got wider
"You can invite him, too," she turned and pointed When I pivoted, I realized she was talking about the hot Krampus boy I’d called to earlier, as behind us in line, close enough to have heard her My cheeks scorched, and I probably looked as ridiculous and sputtering as Roth had The bare-chested, gold-streaked Kra noticed
"Want to come to a New Year’s party?" I called to hi It was only November fifth--officially Krampusnacht--so it was remotely possible he hadn’t firmed up plans
"It would be my pleasure," he said in a voice that shivered down my spine, a voice that seeotten a little bent
"Bring all your friends," Penny said with a vengeful s with Roth at the Krah ing his friends to a party in a trailer park As though I had soot our stea Styrofoam cups of marsh along for a half mile as Penny cursed out us, cursed out Roth, and cursed out love Then we ditched and headed for the good mall
It wasn’t like I didn’t understand about crappy boyfriends I’d had one too His name was Nicandro, and he’d been way too old for me After we broke up, I was soanyone else, I ant name
Joachim