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I brush by Haven It’d be pointless to try to con I have a piece of paper and pen in the car, but I’et them The last ti That was a hugea) she turned out to be crazy, and b) she’s Marellie’s daughter, one of Elderrey shades of life

"Ryler, don’t walk away froainst the concrete

I fishfor er as she continues to chewvoiceless because I have an excuse not to say anything back

"Goddarabs my shoulder, jerksblond hair is tangled from the wind, and her eyes burn with fury "I didn’t just coe for you Or my father does anyway"

I remind myself that I have to be nice to her If I don’t, I could piss off the wrong people

"Oh, I see how it is One mention of my father, and you’ll listen to me You must really be afraid of hier up my chest and plays with the collar of my shirt "Maybe I should tell hiers skate doard and stop above the waistband of ot ravated That’s not what happened She was sober and I was drunk e stumbled back to my place and fooled around

"Maybe I can keep ers start to drift into ain"

Darab her hand and pull it out of lances up atyou should be worried about right now" She crosses her arms and narrows her eyes "What you should worry about is ht"

"What we both did," I mouth

"But I can spin it however I want," she says with a sirl and you’re," her eyes scroll overs in my face, "just another one of Elderman’s lowlifes, at the bottom of his little minion food chain"

I ballto stay cal to ain"

Little thing?

What little thing?

I grindto shout, fuck no! But I can’t respond that way for various reasons, one being that I know her father will kill iveiners ha to start callingme out" She hands me back the phone, stands on her tiptoes, and kisses me on the cheek When she pulls back, her eyes are wide, and she looks possessed by the devil "And, if you so irl, like the one upstairs, I will end her" She grins and then skips off toward her Mercedes parked near the entrance of the complex