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“Oh, I don’t know Maybe I’ll set the place on fire” I laugh “You’re talking like I’, completely lost without you”

“Well, do you remember e first met?”

I groan, a s my lips as the memory hits me It was at an extra-curricular dra all the props in the universe At least, that’s how it felt at the time

As the newbie, I was tasked with carrying a bunch of hats, wigs, fake guns, cutlasses, and a bunch of other dra rehearsal hall But of course, I ended up dropping the whole pile at the worst possible thy ue

Everybody laughed as it all crashed down arounddown beside me with a soft smile on her face

She’s

She’s thin and tall I’m short and, well, not thin

She has blonde hair and I have dark brown

She’s got a tattoo on her wrist – a blue butterfly – and another of an angel spreading its wings on her lower back I don’t have any tattoos, never even thought about it I tell myself this is because I want to keeproles in the future, but honestly, it just doesn’t interest me

And needles?

No thanks

“I think I’ve matured a little in the last two years I erous terrain of Maine all by myself, ready to stay at a luxurious holiday hoe”

She laughs “Yes, everything’s already been stocked up I spoke to Jensen earlier in the week”

I’ve never pried into just hoealthy Millie is, but I know she has a fair amount of money because her dad is Roman Robinson, one of the most successful authors of the last fifty years His series of World War Two novels has been le one of his thrillers are international bestsellers

Jensen is the Robinson’s fixer – a es for their lives to be easy and fluid and fun

So e with designer labels and draped in jewelry But Millie has never advertised the fact she’s Rohter, and when she submits short stories to publications, she even uses a pen name so they won’t make the connection

“I don’t want to succeed just becauseup late one night in the drama hall, empty apart from us so our voices echoed all around us “I want to do soful… and not just because my last name is Robinson, you know?”