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“No, I heard she stopped doing that,” Doug said “On account of all those high schoolers who go back there to party”

“You know that Garrett boy broke into the house, scared those women to pieces”

Matt took note of the naet he was there

“Can you blaet close to that house I heard they’ve got this huge wall safe in the library filled with gems”

“Well, honey, if you’d been nicer to Savannah, ot wouldn’t have run you off when you tried,” Cheryl said and Doug rolled his eyes

But the hair on Matt’s neck stood up and chill washed over his ar them back on course

“Diaine?”

Yes, he thought He could He did

“Where would they get ge fro by”

“Don’t be fooled,” Doug said, starting to ring up the items in front of him “It’s all a cover”

Cheryl nodded and Matt glanced between them “Cover for what?”

“I think it’s thesaid “I don’t kno, but I think they’re hiding the as so he doesn’t have to pay taxes”

Cheryl shook her head “I think it’s the mother, what’s her name—”

“Vanessa?” Matt asked, perhaps a bit too eagerly, but Cheryl didn’t seem to notice “But where is she?” he asked “They never talk about her”

“Oh, God, no” Doug laughed “No one talks about Vanessa Ever Savannah about slapped o when I asked her”

Matt paused a nored him rather than slapped his head off

“I told you that was no way to get her to go out with you” Cheryl tsked her tongue and Matt got a little insight into that slut comment A beautiful woman like Savannah ouldn’t date the riffraff—what else would the riffraff do but call her names?

Soer that there was no one around to defend these wo the worst of them