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I barked a laugh, unable to help it I pulled rinned

“This idiot isn’t as bad as you think, little sister,” Red forward “You’ll be nice to Erin, won’t you?”

“I will if you proo to Boulder next weekend”

“We’ll discuss it later”

“Redmond—”

“Later, Mel” He glanced at hed “Why don’t you show Erin to her room? Give her a little tour?”

“Fine” The teenage girl scowled

I se I wasn’t so old and jaded that I couldn’t appreciate how scra and part of a rich, powerful, dangerous family

“Come on You can tell me all the dirt about your brother”

“Gladly,” she said and stalked off

I hurried after her I felt Redmond’s eyes on me the whole time

Mel talked quietly about the house as ent She seee I listened politely, but I couldn’t stop wondering why Red me to this place

It et out of this deal and that I didn’t care for hiover and letting me stab him in the belly There were tooaround every corner, and if I were sainst him

“Redmond says you’re clever Is that true?” Melanie asked casually as she climbed the stairs

“That’s what people say”

“You seem clever Intense actually I don’t knohat he sees in you”

“I’m not sure how to take that”

“It’s a compliment My brother’s normally into bi tits, no brains Not that there’s anything wrong with big tits and being du”

“You do realize that this thing between ht? There are no actual feelings involved”

“Sure, sure, right” She reached the top of the steps, took me down a hall, and pushed open a door

The bedroo area in front of a fireplace and a -sized bed The predominant feature ood

“Do you get a lot of visitors here?” I asked, looking around the space My bag was already dropped next to the bed