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"Professor Wiley will have to ad it over her shoulder "Want to come with me?"

"Cant Iroup in Suzzallo "

"That pretty , but to each his own " Tully snagged her sunglasses off the dresser and headed out

The caht on this rass was so thick and lush it looked like patches of green velvet tucked neatly between strips of ce that housed KVTS There, she paused just long enough to smooth her sprayed hair, then went into the quiet, utilitarian-looking hallway To her left was a bulletin board thick with notices Rooht her eye She noticed that all the phone-number tabs had been ripped off of it, while the ad next to it (Rooain Christian preferred) looked sadly intact

Roo the floor beneath the door Beside it, a piece of paper was tacked to the bulletin board

SUMMER INTERNSHIP POSITIONS/DEPARTMENT

Tully felt a surge of disappointer She yanked open the door and slipped into the dark auditoriu, "Chad Wiley, you sorry-assed loser You wouldnt know talent if it grabbed your tiny pecker and squeezed—"

"I i about me "

She jumped at the sound of his voice

He was not twenty feet away fro in the shadows His dark hair was evenin curly disarray to his shoulders

Heon the back of the chair to his right "Asknews intern and Ill tell you "

"I couldnt care less why "

"Really?" He looked at her for another long , then walked away froe

She could either keep her pride or risk her future By the time she e

"Okay" The word see in her throat "Why?"