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My lip twitched at that My ass…

"Okay" He hugged ain and pressed a kiss to ive yourI know Mason will, but he’s notto do" He whistled under his breath Then he was out the door with a final wave

He muttered all the way as he crossed the street, but I couldn’t hear him anymore

And then I turned around

Malinda had corave and her mouth was flat She held out another cup of coffee to me "It ain’t my business, but--"

Mark yelled out, "Mom, stay out of it!"

Her eyes ot toolike it in your life"

My heart dropped

CHAPTER TEN

The rest of my Saturday was spent at Garrett’s house Mark and Adam knocked on the door later in the afternoon and walked inside Mark ordered pizza and I showed theot a text ave me a sheepish look and said that Becky was on her way over An hour later the doorbell rang again This time it was Emily, Mark had told her to coroup was in my theater room More pizza was ordered Someone found the beer and wine coolers They were passed out, and the nuht

Cassandra and Amelia were quiet for the first hour Their eyes ide as they saw the rest of the house and their ot none so I let it go For now Once they realized the punishment, I knew they’d be blamed for the ban from the Public parties at school No one would be happy about that

After the second hour, they were both giggling on the laps of Peter and Mark

Eaze at one point and snorted She rolled her eyes but settled back into her recliner with a blanket and a bowl of popcorn

Miranda was the last to arrive and she was the quietest of theave round for the rest of the evening

Becky started to ooh and ahh every five les started and she tried to hide them behind her hands, I knew she’d had too ht before I realized there’d been no word froan I wasn’t worried since Mason toldfor dinner

I sent both of thees An hour later there was no response An hour after that, still no response

"What’s wrong?" Ada ed back on the couch with an arm thrown over the back A pile of beer cans were on the floor beneath hi with crumpled napkins and the crusts of his pizza slices on his plate

"Nothing" I kept pacing