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She s "Dandelion greens"

"People eat those?"

"They do Cleans the liver Helps you flush out the bad stuff"

She was s Just a little, but it was there I was sick of people younger thanon norant "I have a toilet for that"

She laughed, unperturbed "Why not give this reen, ht back up to the office, pausing only to stuff a few crinkly dollars into the vending machine Lukas had threatened to do aith They bar from its noose

CHAPTER 3

The e to prove that Petra’s cohtly adversarial ga to be Theif not polite, but after a few hours I’d grown tired of the constant "Is it okay with you if I take a look?" and "Would you ety, I stood to adjust the blinds and founddown on Seth’s lap when I sat back down As we fu halfway across the roo us

"I wanted to see what you’ve done with the salted caraelato ad," Seth explained quickly, and I could see a blush rising fro up Sorry"

"No need to apologize," I replied, ht up the ad I hadn’t yet finished, sing downround color isn’t right yet, but I’," Seth offered, loud enough for Lukas to hear behind his closed office door "If you’re okay with that" He ran his gaze over the ad, frowning "I can see what you mean about the color And are you sure you’re happy with the size of the ie? I can mess around with it for a while"

I was fairly certain Petra Polly disapproved of intraoffice strangling "Knock yourself out"

During our exchange, I’d noticed Jackie slipped out for a smoke break I found her at the botto lot "I don’t know if I can do this for three ainst the wall next to her

Jackie turned toto make a black, soupy mess out of her mascara "Why didn’t you coo to talk to Lukas withoutmarket "I felt overwhely bar I’m sorry I should have told you"

Jackie stared attio behindti for a moment that our friendship wasn’t locked into the workday We didn’t do girls’ nights out or Saturday trips to the mall Hell, I hadn’t been inside her apart next to each other, and that counted for a lot I put e to wave the so is not in the best interest ofGuh"

Jackie shivered "I can’t call it that It would break Frank’s heart"

"We’re going to do what it takes," I said "If thatthe lead of some skinny hipster bitch in Heidi braids, so be it"

Jackie flicked her cigarette into the open air, a rare sign of aggression for her "We’re not powerless," she said