i -- i guess -- '' he shook his head . '' look , liam . i want to find my mom , okay ? the last thing i said to her was ' whatever ' . whatever . she waved and said ' have a good day , sweetie ! '' he imitated a high-pitched feminine voice . '' and i said , '
whatever

'' i do n't need - '' '' good to meet you , '' alex said , rising from his chair , nearly stumbling over his feet in an effort to say hello . '' i 'm alex dare , a friend of riley 's . '' the pretty woman appeared to be about riley 's age . she smiled and shook his hand , no sense of recognition in her expression . '' nice to meet you too , '' she said , dismissing him by turning back to
riley

izzy caught her before she could fall on her face . i ignored the two girls , as izzy led aine away from bane and into the house . seeing bane now , the magnificent creature that he was , i had to wonder how i could have been so allured by roman 's music . sure , roman was a magnificent creature too , but he paled in comparison to
bane