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"So why does she try, then?"

Krystal just shrugged "I don’t know Gemma’s had kind of a shitty life I think she just wanted to fit in soht Rafe would besoht she wanted to date hihter filled the car, and Violet half-expected to look up to find her twirling her handlebar mustache like some sort of evil cartoon villain "God, no Ge up with Rafeany more than I am And, trust me, Rafe’s definitely not lanced at Violet, her eyes glinting wickedly

Violet didn’t know, but after being laughed at, she felt too stupid to ask When she didn’t say anything, Krystal’s eyebrows inched all the way up until they looked like they were part of her hairline "You do knohat I er "That he’s a dude? Not my type?" She let the words drift off, ripe with irls Why didn’t you just say so?"

Krystal snorted again "Because this ay more fun" She flipped on the radio and dialed the tuner until she found a station without too much static "Damn, you’re easy to e"

Violet wouldn’t even have needed to see Rafe’s motorcycle to know that he’d driven faster than they had, and probably ignored any traffic rules that were inconvenient In her head, she pictured hiard to speed limits or personal safety His or anyone else’s He was reckless Jay was right

Still, she felt a bubble of relief swell up from her chest when she realized his bike was there And in one piece

Krystal avoided the need to parallel park since there were no other cars around, and Violet shoved the ainst his motorcycle, a cocky smirk on his face "I can’t believe that hunk of junk actually s"

Krystal glared at Rafe "This car’s seen ine She was at Woodstock, I’ll have you know"

A skeptical expression crossed Rafe’s face "I sorta doubt that I think Woodstock was before her tiuy who sold her to me said"

"Yeah? Did he also tell you she was part of the ot taken"

Krystal’s face fell, and Violet moved to stand in front of her, so Krystal wouldn’t be able to see the derisive expression in Rafe’s eyes She scrunched her nose and shook her head, trying silently to tell Krystal to ignore hiht about what Krystal had told her, that no one really liked Rafe As she stood there, listening to his cynical tone, it wasn’t hard to figure out why Violet didn’t knohat she felt about him She didn’t hate him, but she didn’t actually know if she liked hirateful to hie way, the two of them shared a connection And she supposed they did But shouldn’t she feel that same connection, then, with the others on her teamsince they all shared a secret?