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Marah sat opposite her instead, leaning back against the silk-upholstered footboard, with her legs drawn up Ragged holes in her favorite jeans showed the knobby curl of her knees

Kate couldnt help longing for the tihter into her arms and held her She needed that now "You knew about the show, didnt you?"

"Tully and I talked about it She said it would help us "

"And?"

Marah shrugged "I just wanted to go to the concert "

The concert It hurt Kate deeply, that siotten about the concert and Marahs running away The trip to Kauai had cleared her mind of all of that

No doubt as Tully had intended It had also gotten Johnny out of the way so he couldnt stop the plan

"Say so," Marah said

But Kate didnt quite knohat to say, how to handle this She wanted Marah to understand how selfish shed been and how deeply that selfishness had hurt Kate, but she didnt want to load guilt on her The weight of this debacle fell on Tully "Did it occur to you when you and Tully were hatching this plan that I ht be hurt and embarrassed by it?"

"Did you think that Id be hurt or eo to the concert? Or rockin ? Or to—"

Kate held up a hand "So its still about you," she said tiredly "If this is all you have to say, you can leave I dont have the strength to fight with you now You were selfish and you hurt s, and if you cant see that and take responsibility for it, I feel sorry for you Get out Go "

"Whatever " Marah got off the bed, but she moved slowly At the door, she paused and turned around "When Tully comes over—"

"Tully wont be co over "

"What do you mean?"

"Your idol owes ood at Id say its so else you two have in common "