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Violet frowned, turning her glare on Ge She’s not really telling his fortune, is she?"

"What an a up on the two of the her arms around their necks

But Jay and Gemma had heard Krystal too, and they looked up to find the three of the as they huddled over the top of the table Jay jerked his hand away fro it in his lap while his cheeks burned red

Ge her head "Look as sitting out in his carall by hi about a lost puppy

Violet narrowed her eyes at the other girl as she sed the lump that had formed in the back of her throat

Rafe sauntered over to the table and flipped one of the chairs around so he was straddling it "Did you see anything interesting?" he queried, propping his chin against the back of the chair as he glanced from Gemma to Jay

Gemma’s perfectly painted lips upturned in a slow, evocative smile "Sure, a lot of stuff I’ the words hang between them, her brown eyes locked with his blue ones

Krystal’s ared her closer, so that her ht at Violet’s ear "That one’s like a snake She’ll strike if you don’t watch your back," she ed in the first quiet voice Violet had ever heard her use

But Jay was already ju his palm nervously on his jeans "You all done?" he asked, his eyes widening in a silent plea "We should probably get going--it’s getting late"

Violet decided to let him off the hook; it wasn’t his fault Gemma had it out for her Besides, she didn’t want Sara to see him and think she was the one who’d invited hiot school"

Violet grabbed Jay’s hand and dragged hi how she’d felt the first tiin to describe the wide-open interior with its oversized plasma displays mounted on the walls, state-of-the-art computer workstations, and security cahout the Center

"Surveillance, huh?" Jay breathed, his eyebrows inching up a notch "Pretty high-tech" This ti, he actually sounded a little awed

"Pretty cool, isn’t it?"

Jay leaned down "I forgive you" He grinned enthusiastically