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“Not as far as I know” His voice cracked the way only a twelve-year-old boy whose voice was changing could

Luckily for her, she hadn’t been born yesterday Cameron had Zeke’s dark hair and dark eyes, but while Zeke’s complexion was e, Cameron had inherited Mimi’s pale skin and freckles He’d also inherited Miood one

Mi sure to e It was an eighteen hundred square foot one-story ranch with four smallish bedrooms Claire’s room was the first one off the hallway from the kitchen

Her bedroom door was closed

Mimi knocked once, then tried for the door knob “Claire? Can you unlock the door please?”

“Just aminute, she opened the door to her rooer ritten over every square inch of Claire’s flushed cheeks

“How’s the ho?”

“All done I’h my email”

Mimi discreetly eyed the bedroom Bed still made: check Closet door open: check Window to Claire’s bedroom secured: uncheck

Which of course, didn’t h to have the s open, but Mi suspicion that someone had been in the roo the door It wasn’t that Mi a boyfriend, but she was definitely against any said boyfriend spending alone time in Claire’s room with no adult supervision in the house

If you would asked Mihter, the ansould have been an emphatic yes But last year Claire had betrayed their trust by lying to theain and taken off after a football ga out in a parked car along the side of the Bay Bridge Not so unusual for a couple of teenagers, but despite the fact she and Zeke had been willing to let her date Adam, Claire hadn’t been the same since She’d been sulky and secretive and the et

Mi, but she felt like she had no choice

“Have you heard froes yet?”

“Nope” Claire was a good student but not a great standardized test taker Miet into some of the schools she’d applied to, but Claire’s heart was set on Florida State, and the entrance requireet harder every year Of course, Mo to Duke, the Powers family alma mater, but Claire had never shown any interest

She went back to looking at her computer “Can you shut the door on your way out?”