a disembodied voice at her side piped in . '' anyway , '' sansonis interrupted , '' when we 're done here , i found us a place to stay . lucky for us , the owner of the stall that ifaut ... trashed ... offered us a room . '' '' that was nice of him , all things considered , '' stefi said and glanced at ifaut

instead , he walked around it , pausing to run his hands over the trunk , the roof , the hood , the tires , the windshield . he looked at her over the roof of the car . '' how does it work ? '' kari shrugged . '' i do n't know . i 'm a graphic designer , not a mechanic

she would n't even have enough to guarantee she finished . '' the lump sum of that would be paid only after the two year ... '' luvici paused , obviously trying to come up with a better word than the one on the tip of his tongue . '' sentence ? '' lucy finished for him . it was the word that was on the tip of her tongue too

'' why do you care ? do n't tell me you 're worried about sadie ann . '' it 's selfish of me , i know , but alec is the only thing i 've ever had that sadie could never take away from me , even if she wanted to . everyone else loves her more and i 've been okay with that because i had
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