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Except,down on her lips and tasting blood I don’t feel anything Rafe was her friend, nothing lanced at the sky and wondered when it had started getting dark, and how she hadn’t noticed the gradual shift froht to dusk as she’d left the city But she knehy She felt nuh her when she pulled into her driveway and realized her parents weren’t home yet, that they were still at her aunt and uncle’s She texted Jay, asking hiot off work

She had no intention of telling hi him any more reason to be suspicious of Rafe Besides, Violet assured herself, she had no intention of giving Rafe another chance to share his feelings At least not those feelings

For now, she decided, the best thing she could do was to keep her distance froe

Violet stretched out on the couch as she wiggled her toes, curling and uncurling the sensation she had fro She picked up the half-empty Gatorade bottle in front of her and carried it to the kitchen

Watching the blue liquid slosh down the sink, she squinted at the blinking light cobin and pressed the button

Her eyes widened when she heard Sara’s voice and she leaned closer, not wanting to miss a word

"I just wanted to let you know that I received a threatening phone call fro on Sunday We’re pretty sure he was the brother of the boy who attacked Violet, the one askilled" She cleared her throat "Anyway, he ue threats about retaliation, all of which were directed against ured you should know about it I didn’t call Violet I’ll let you decide what to tell her, but I’ to talk to the local police departet someone to keep an eye on herjust in case If you have any questions--" Violet stopped the oose bumps

She tried to remember the faces of the other two boys, the ones who’d been in the car, but all she could reunsand thepurse and she treht before James Nua had attacked her What if this boy, James’s brother, had picked it up? What if he had her ID, and knehere she lived?

What if revenge on Sara wasn’t all he wanted?

She leaned forward on the counter, biting her thuht on theto hear that et a ain She wouldn’t be able to go to the bathroom without an escort