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"Ughhhh People who are married can totally sleep in my donut house"

"Wait," Kayla looks like she’s been struck by lightning and/or has coe girl science "Is donut house a euphorisroan and roll round like a particularly floral sausage Skype beeps with another call, and I bolt up

"Oh, hang on I’ve got another call coreets rees She looks different without all her makeup on, and she’s in some kind of fancy hotel room The bed sheets are too perfectly made "I assume you found the note I wrote you in your phone?"

"Yeah! I’ed to type all that out while just pretending to look at my pictures"

‘If you’re still interested, I’ll contact you via Skype from twelve to three am My username is [email&160;protected] ’

"I didn’t want Jack to see it," she says "What I’ry, and I want hilance at y, or whatever?"

"Precisely"

"Okay, I’d love to do that for you and all, but I’onna need some incentive"

Vanessa nods "Of course I’d be happy to pay you –"

"Uh, no I don’t want money"

"Then what do you want?"

I knit overnent a very dirty secret Her face is so set and determined, and it’s then I realize she doesn’t care about anyone else’s business It’ll all get shoved aside as information, a means to an end It’s Will she’s after

"So, Jack did soo"

"The Hernandez disappearance?"

I squirm "Uh, yeah How did you –"

"Don’t be silly I know all I need to know"

"So then you know the feds gave the tape of that, um, incident, to Will’s friends So they could clear up the tape for the Will and his friends? So why –"

"There is little cooperative coovernment," she says quickly "Call it rivalry, call it human pride, but mixups like this happen very often We don’t tell the feds e are doing and to who people they’ve…enlisted for help"

"Right Well I’ll do the whole keylog thing for you But But I want you toto the feds Or anyone Forever"

Vanessa purses her lips "That’s an awfully big request You’re asking me to tamper with evidence in a federal cold case"

"I know But If you do it, I’ll do the keylogging thing Tonight Right away Just s to ask her to o away, too But Jack’s dileetting kicked out of college So I stand firht You put the keylog on tonight, and I’ll make some calls"

"Thank you," I breathe "Thank you sooff in a brown paper bag, in the right side garbage can outside Ciao Bella That’s the café on your campus"

"Duh I’ve been there a thousand times"

She fixes me with a stern look, and I fall quiet