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"I keep nothing on my cloud, thank God But they were on my Time Capsule hard drive, which means they were on the laptop," I sayhas been done, it’s really hard to undo it Not like the old days, when you could tear up a photo and destroy the negative"

"Everything lives forever on the internet," Rose singsongs

"Exactly It sucks"

"So Pilar is scheraphic e to do anything to ainst her chest

"No, you’re not on her radar It’s always been Violet she’s after I think she wants Violet’s position at Fleur And when she didn’t get that, she decided to go after the competition with proave information to Felicity Winston?" Rose asks

"No" I shake my head and stare at the table "They sort of flirted around the subject, but that’s it I was about to go back into Pilar’s in-box when you called" Truthfully, I becao back home and search what’s on my stolen laptop See if Pilar actually offered information to Felicity I want to believe that she didn’t, but we knoho I’ive a shit about anyone She will do whatever it takes to get what she wants

I glance up to findat me, her expression serious, her entire body still "You need to go ho else in Pilar’s eaze locked with mine "And then you need to talk to Daddy and Violet"

I wince "They’re going to be furious"

"Not at you Never at you," Rose says in a rush "All of their anger will be channeled toward Pilar, and it’s justified What that bitch is doing …"

"I know She deserves every bit of their anger Every bit of our anger But …" I pause, chewing onto say next "I don’t want to tell theht Confirm away But the minute you confirm, you need to tell them Hell, this could blow up in our faces, Lily Jayne Cosmetics could run with this information and make Fleur look terrible They could release the colors before we do, with the sa, and et bad Really, really bad" Rose leans back in her chair and rubs a hand over her belly "The faster you tell them, the faster we can put a stop to all of this"

"I need to talk to Pilar" That is the last thing I want to do, but I et out of our lives before I tell ht make her think twice before she launches into another one of her schemes

"That will be a complete waste of your ti wide "What if that guy you rabbed the laptop for her Did you ever consider that?"