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I throw the paper away, angered What business of his is it where I work? I decide in favour of going to ht as to the fact that he has no right at all to tellva that his dislike of where I a is not the only reason he wants me to come to the club I know his secret That makes me a liability And I shudder to think how Ethan Cristescu deals with liabilities

Upon giving myself a sniff, I decide that a shower is on the cards I’ht Fear seeh I peel off ht to the bathroorab the bleach and pour half its contents down the toilet to kill the odour

Cold water hits enerous amount of my new jasmine shampoo, then I exfoliate until there’s barely any skin left to scrub If I scrub h will it scrub away the memories too? Probably not

When I get out of the shower I wrap up in a massive towel and et back into bed, food and all Iup with a killer va

I pulland dial Amanda’s number I need to speak to her to see if she’s okay, but I also want to know if she reht I hope she does if only so that I don’t have to carry the burden of this knowledge all on my own It would be a comfort to be able to talk about the va

The phone rings five ti tired Her throat is scratchy when she answers, “Hello?” as though she chain-sht before

“It’s Tegan, how are you?” I ask, thinking the question is open enough for her to tell ht, with Lucas for instance

“As good as I can be considering I’ve got a killer hangover,” she replies “God Tegan, what did I drink last night?” Yeah, the keyword there being killer

“You probably drank et off with that guy Lucas,” I continue as a prompt “How did that happen?”

“Oh my God, I didn’t actually believe it when he ca to me But I think I must have drank too much because soon after ent out to the back of the club and he was kissing me and then I just blacked out All I know is I woke up in et home?” she asks, her voice a little nervous

She’s clearly tellingI’d be nervous too if I’d experienced that kind of a ht, so she definitely doesn’t recall the whole “feeding” scenario Damn Can I tell her what really happened? My stoh to warnthe truth of their existence to my friend So, like the coward that I am, I lie to her

“Oh well, you were very drunk, so I told Lucas your address and he drove you home”

Yeah, h her purse, found her address on an ID card, and then brought her there They seem to like to be in control these vamps, as I’ve already noted

“Did he really?” Aet his number, do you know it?” she asks hopefully

“No, I don’t have his nuh I can tell by the tone of her voice that she’s already infatuated and deter to take a lothis number to ward her off