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Though she did leave an empty latte cup outside my door. “I can understand not bothering with Stella and Adara. . . .” Nicole lifts up her hamburger bun and gives the contents a wary look. “. . . they’ve been hideous harpies since the day I got here.” She drops the bun and pushes her plate away. “Longer,” Troy adds. “Those two have been up to no good since they were five. We can’t expect them to change now.” “But Griffin,” Nicole says. “Yeah.” Troy’s eyes light up. “Blake deserves to be taken down a notch or two.” “I could do a few heinous things to him without losing sleep.” Nicole clearly harbors serious feelings of resentment over whatever happened between her and Griffin in the past. I’m not about to let her thirst for revenge push me into action. “No,” I say definitively. “I don’t want to do anything to any of them. No revenge. Got it?” Humiliation is bad enough. I just want to forget about it and move on. I look at each of them, waiting for verbal consent. Reluctantly, Troy nods his head. “Fine.” Nicole, on the other hand, is cagier. “No promises.” When I stare her down, she adds, “But I’ll leave you out of whatever I do. Okay?” I say, “Okay.” Still, I’m a little worried. Nicole can be unpredictable—if she can zap away my ankle without a second thought, who knows what revenge she’s going to exact on Griffin. If he weren’t the scum of the earth—and I didn’t know she couldn’t actually kill him—I might feel inclined to warn him. 208
I manage to steer clear of Stella until dinner on Tuesday before the race. Since she finally decides to dine with the rest of us and I’m focused on properly fueling my body for the week, I guess there’s no way to avoid sharing the meal with her. “Evening, Daddy.” She plants a big kiss on his cheek. “Valerie.” She nods to Mom. Then sits down, not acknowledging me. Damian glances at each of us over a spoonful of bean soup. “No greeting for your sister?” he asks before finishing his bite. “Good evening, Phoebe.” She smiles falsely. “I’m not sure I can eat a bite—I had a big latte for lunch.” That’s it. Pushing back from the table, I knock my chair over as I lunge across the table. “You little—” “Phoebe!” Mom shouts, jumping up and clearly prepared to stop me. I freeze, my knee poised over the table, ready to launch into Stella’s smirking lap. Knowing they’ll never let me actually get away with throttling her at the dinner table I lower back into my seat. “What is this about?” Mom asks once I’ve calmed down. “Why don’t you ask the ice queen over there?” I snap. Stella schools her features into a look of pure innocence. “I’m sure I have no idea what you’re talking about.” “Listen, girls,” Mom begins. “Whatever’s bothering you, it will be better if you talk it out. We will all be living in the same house for the next year, and—” “Nine months.” I think it’s important to be clear when it comes to details. 209
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Though she did leave an empty latte cup outside my door.<br />
“I can understand not bothering with Stella and Adara. . . .”<br />
Nicole lifts up her hamburger bun and gives the contents a wary<br />
look. “. . . they’ve been hideous harpies since the day I got here.”<br />
She drops the bun and pushes her plate away.<br />
“Longer,” Troy adds. “Those two have been up to no good since<br />
they were five. We can’t expect them to change now.”<br />
“But Griffin,” Nicole says.<br />
“Yeah.” Troy’s eyes light up. “Blake deserves to be taken down a<br />
notch or two.”<br />
“I could do a few heinous things to him without losing sleep.”<br />
Nicole clearly harbors serious feelings of resentment over whatever<br />
happened between her and Griffin in the past. I’m not about to let<br />
her thirst for revenge push me into action.<br />
“No,” I say definitively. “I don’t want to do anything to any of<br />
them. No revenge. Got it?”<br />
Humiliation is bad enough. I just want to forget about it and<br />
move on.<br />
I look at each of them, waiting for verbal consent.<br />
Reluctantly, Troy nods his head. “Fine.”<br />
Nicole, on the other hand, is cagier. “No promises.” When I stare<br />
her down, she adds, “But I’ll leave you out of whatever I do. Okay?”<br />
I say, “Okay.”<br />
Still, I’m a little worried.<br />
Nicole can be unpredictable—if she can zap away my ankle without<br />
a second thought, who knows what revenge she’s going to exact<br />
on Griffin. If he weren’t the scum of the earth—and I didn’t know she<br />
couldn’t actually kill him—I might feel inclined to warn him.<br />
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