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Slowly I straightened, oing to puke “Yeah?”

Monroe nodded and grabbedme toward the elevators

“Yep,” she said as she pressed the lobby button “You’re officially the most pathetic person I know”

“Great Thanks for that,” I retorted sarcastically Who the heck was she to talk like she knehat I was going through? As if she knehat it felt like to nearly die frouilt?

“Just so you know, all it takes is one mistake to claim the crown, so watch out,” I snapped

The doors slid open and we stepped inside Once they were closed, Monroe glanced up at lassy Her chest rose and fell, her lips were parted, and I sain

She held ain and then she whispered, so softly that I barely heard, “At least your mistake is still alive”

Chapter Nine

Monroe

I couldn’t believe I’d openedlike that slip out What the hell rong with me?

“At least your mistake is still alive”

Was I crazy? Why the heck would I say so like that?

My heart pounded, so hard that I felt each beat pulse at the base ofbreath as I slid into the car and waited for Nate to do the saht, and the sun was just starting to get real low in the sky Red and gold streaked across the horizon, and I supposed it was pretty, but at the ive a shit about pretty

At the moment, I was afraid that Nate would askto say I didn’t talk about Malcolm Ever

I squeezed er door squeak open In an hour, it would be dark, but the darkness couldn’t coh for me because it was so much easier to hide