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"Say it like you rin foro He scooted back to lean against the counter across from me "Claire’s lucky we deemed her our friend If we didn’t, she’d lose herself She’s drawn to those types of people because that’s who her family is They all just think about how special and important they are They’re like plastic--fake and breakable, honey"

I relaxed When Jason started throwing out the honeys, he was being himself I didn’t hear that word too often anyed him "Tell me what you think of Claire’s fa off into the distance, but his eyes moved back to ht Claire’s choice of friends was poor We were the exceptions, and in his head this was because we’d chosen Claire That was the truth, sort of Jason chose rade and told uys liked Then he saw Claire beside me, took in her heavy makeup, and raised his nose in the air He sniffed at her "You look just fine, too"

Her mouth dropped She wasn’t confrontational, but that day she sputtered out, "Fuck you"

Jason had paused, stared at her, and a slow grin forht

"We all kno Claire’s life is going to end up," he toldto marry a politician who’ll cheat on her in some public scandal, and she’ll divorce hi entrepreneur If he loves heron him If she loves hioes with her Either way, she’ll divorce hiaritas"

That sounded accurate "I look forward to the hed "You and me both"

We got one better than I expected

Then Jason sighed "Don’t fall in love with hiain "Don’t, Taylor"

"I’" He waved my words away "I don’t knohat happened with Eric, but you ith him for years, and then you weren’t, and you still won’t talk about it I know you’re trying to put on a brave face and march on, like you always do, but I know you I see you" His voice softened once irl like you"

My eyes closed Everything he’d said was true

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