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I’ve prettyI’d learned so far and come to the conclusion that the stepsister and her mom were behind this shit, not sure where the dad co his job Either way, this is not the tiet involved Her part in this play will coh

I feel like an episode of Pinky and the Brain with this shit I a soh, because I don’t want to get any more involved than I need to I’ve had to re this out of pity and because I hate to see anyone being treated unjustly The fact that my heart beats out of rhythm each time I think of her is neither here nor there

“Who’s this Fontane? Do we know them?” Ma looked around at Sheila, who’s like the encyclopedia of local gossip So else I banked on

“Don’t you reo, that nice lady that passed leaving her young daughter behind? Her best friend ?”

Ma gave it a think and nodded “Yeah, vaguely We still lived in the city then, so I never knew tooafter we moved here Is that the one?” She asked the twins, ere already nodding their heads “Well, ouldn’t they want her to help you?” Ma sounded very affronted, and I saw Pop out the side of my eye, ready to pounce

Because of e are, even though no one around here has any idea, Pop tends to take shit personally when it coht that anyone would shun us for any reason can get hi, which is precisely what I want “I see their housekeeper down at the market every Wednesday I’ll see what I can find out” Sheila offered

“I’ll make a call, don’t worry about it” Pop offered Now I can tastehad gone pretty much as I’d hoped Now I can relax and let the chips fall

The conversation changed to the thing that’s been ruling the house for the last ave you? We need to get back to the caterers soon” I zoned out here, barely listening to the chatter before I lose my damn mind Every party for these two is an event, but their sweet sixteen is proving to be soether

I’d barely gotten out of having the whole da my parents have coh to let me have my way In the end, it was just me, Pop, Gramps, Uncle Garrett, and Lancelot out on the boat for the weekend, followed by a big family dinner at nana’s favorite restaurant That was all I wanted for every birthday, come to think of it, my sisters, not so alas always are, and I was already thinking ahead to that shit and how I could use it in my little fuck you to the Fontanes

Pop listened with an indulgent smile; never seen a man happier to part with the contents of his wallet, and that easily et things back on track before we left “Oh, dad, don’t forget to ht away, like today” She looked at me on the sly to ht nod reassured her that it was “Don’t worry, Princess; I’ll take care of it as soon as we finish here”

The ride to school was a trial in itself, withquestions and innuendos about my interest in the situation I did an excellent job of sidestepping their probes, but I’ht to heading to Gianna's side of the building but couldn’t coave it up

Lancelot called out to me, and I waited for him to catch up “What’s up, snitch?”

“What’re you talking about?” He looked so innocent, “Training to be a lying ass cop already, I see You told Pop about the douche”

“What did he do to them?”

“Sent them away somewhere”

“Good, I orried when he asked ize for it either, so you can get that look off your face”