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"You don’t say" Adam didn’t sound surprised He unlocked what I assuer side, and he stoppedout the keys "Ivy said you wanted to learn to drive in DC"

In the three days since my tea with Ivy, she hadn’t said a word about otten or decided to ignore it

"How did you get stuck teaching et stuck with it," he corrected "I volunteered" He looped around to the passenger side, his strides even and brisk "I don’t trust Bodie to hold you to the speed limit, and no one trusts Ivy behind the wheel"

"She’s a bad driver?" It was co

"The worst," Adam confirmed "She’s never actually hit another car, but there’s not a trash can, streetlight, or mailbox safe within a forty-mile radius There’s a reason she hired a driver"

I decided to let Adam pretend Bodie was just a driver and cli," Ada lot, "watch out for the other guy Drivers here are ressive than you’re used to There’sstupid things to shave three uy," I repeated "Sounds like a motto for life"

Adam’s blue eyes flicked briefly over to mine as he directed me to turn onto a major street Once he was satisfied that I could, in fact, turn without causing my car--or any car in the near vicinity--to explode, he allowed himself to actually converse "You don’t trust people?"

"Not to hit my car, or not to screw up my life?"

"Either"

That seemed like more of an answer than a question, so I didn’t reply

"How are you liking Hardwicke?" Ada aside any and all incidents with the headmaster"

"It’s school," I said More homework, h school was high school, and h relatively unscathed "It’s okay," I a time out of his afternoon "My classes aren’t horrible"

"Not horrible," Adah praise"

From me, it kind of was

After several seconds of silence, Adam switched topics "Theo Marquette’s funeral is tomorrow," he said He paused "Your sister ant to be there"

I wasn’t sure how he expected me to respond to that

"Theo was a friend," Ada eyes slanting towardin the way Adas that hurt her hurt him