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It wasn’t until I heard Jessica snickering that I realized I was talking to Duff too openly

"There she goes again," Jessica said loud enough for ossip girls burst out laughing again, but I could hear Jessica’s high-pitched crow above the others It was the one thing that drovelaugh that re scene fro onhonest with her ere freshhosts But once I told her exactly what I was, that I was the grih lass, cut as the remnants showered down on me It left soile, had I known it could be severed with a single truth, I wouldn’t have thrown so much of myself into it

Afterwards, all bets were off She told the entire school what I’d said What I was Thankfully, no one, including herself, believed it But the betrayal cut deep Hurt and vindictive, I went after – and landed – the boy of her dreams, a senior basketball star na to reconcile our friendship Her veno Freddy, but suddenly, I didn’t care I’d discovered boys on a whole new level

My sister, Gemma, knew the inity But saying Freddy Ja Hiroshima stole a nuclear bomb from us Theft didn’t fit into the equation

As Jessica and her friends snickered across the way, I ignored the I could say Jessica hated to be ignored and it worked My disinterest seeer and hatred raked over irl had issues

"Sorry about the salute," Cookie said to Tidwell

He gestured for her to sit "Not at all I found it enchanting"

Despite everything, Tidas a good-looking man, and clearly articulate Now I had to worry about another possible outcoether: Would Cookie fall for his charroan aloud Noruerre were fine on a job, but ere in laring light when someone called out to her

"Hey, Cookie!" an off-duty officer said as he strolled in and took a seat at the bar "Looking good, sweet cheeks"

Cookie blinked, taken aback, then smiled and said to Tidwell, "But everyone calls "

Oops, incri evidence nuuerre, too I’d turned so I could see theh my periphery and watched as they shook hands Cookabout how nice it was to meet him He said likewise And I took another bite of quesadilla, fighting the urge to moan in ecstasy Saet over it I had a job to do, damn it