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I bolted to attention so hard I thought my head would snap off Danielle was full of surprises, including the ridiculous notion that I was going to bag her soon-to-be ex husband I laughed and stared at her ide-open eyes "Yeah, that'll be the day"

Noas Danielle's turn to be surprised "Wait! You two haven't hooked up?"

"Hell no! He stays far away froot up and wandered toward the back of the bus "Charlie? Where are you?"

Buck poked his head out of his cubicle and growled at her "What do you want?"

She stared at hiood show toave hiot back to the living room, she blew a kiss to Gabe, and they waved at each other Then she gave"Nice to meet you Can you do me a favor?"

"Uh, sure"

She pulled an envelope from her purse and handed it to me "Give this to Charlie" Before I could protest that I was the last person on this bus to deliver anything to Buck, she had climbed down the steps and left

I headed toward Buck's cubicle to deliver the letter and get it over with, but I heard hiood time, and I was a little looped from the pot so I didn't want to confront him I stashed the letter inwith Gabe, I decided to learn more of Danielle's story I knew he'd tell me the truth "So did she have any part in the band's break up?"

"No" Gabe shook his head "The band died because it had a narrow de sixteen year olds, young and full of energy We quickly beca other sixteen year olds" He gavebreath "But for soers Older people couldn't care less about us That's e died We didn't have broad-enough appeal"

"That makes sense, but what about Danielle?"

"The Buck and Danielle story had little to do with our breakup We didn't care about his love life But she did break his heart She couldn't handle all the negative media attention-who could? It ruined her, and she took hi soon"