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I stared at hi

"Kade is rich His friends are rich I will lose out on a ton of money if I don’t"

"Because you’ll cheat them?"

"No, because most of Kade’s friends are idiots I mean, yeah, some of them aren’t, and Kade usually isn’t, but they don’t care This is their fun They can afford to lose soh school That’s the difference" He looked at ive him my number when he calls you"

"Maybe" I was mean

"Taylor, coood friend to hiave me a small smile "Thanks, Taylor"

I nodded as he waved and climbed out to head for his car When I went inside, I could feel that the house was still ee anyway No car No dad I went to y class They were due in two days, but good forambitious When I’d finished, I watched the news

No dad

I was stupid for being worried I mean, I moved back to be here for him That was the plan, but it was obvious, and had been for so long, that he didn’t want me here Maybe I o back toher behind, or maybe I still needed Jason and Claire? Orto be here for hihed I needed to let it go, let hi me I couldn’t sleep so I checked my email and double-checked ht

No dad

I read a book for another hour

Still no dad

That noro to bed My class was at nine in theto do, but even when the clock told , I was still wide awake

My phone buzzed It was on silent except for the alarm, but the screen lit up the entire room My heart leaped to my chest as I rolled over, but no Not dad Instead I read, Hey, hot girl Forgot to call This is Kade You got an answer for ive you your answer

My head fell back against my pillow once I’d hit send I needed a ride That was it Kade could handle hione I needed to find out where he was--make sure he was fine and not at so That was it

The next second ain Be there in twenty