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get a couple of guys to tell everyone at school that I'd done some pretty awful things with them.<br />

The ironic thing was that she'd gotten them to lie for her by sleeping with them herself.<br />

A flicker of embarrassment passed over her face, but she held her ground.<br />

"Well," she said, "at least I don't do them for free."<br />

Adrian made some cat noises.<br />

"Are you done?" I asked. "It's past your bedtime, and the grown-ups would like to talk now."<br />

Mia's youthful looks were a sore point with her, one I frequently enjoyed exploiting.<br />

"Sure," she said crisply. Her cheeks turned pink, intensifying her porcelain-doll appearance. "I<br />

have better things to do anyway." She turned toward the door, then paused with her hand<br />

resting on it. She glanced toward Adrian. "Her mom gave her that black eye, you know."<br />

She went inside. The fancy glass doors swung shut behind her.<br />

Adrian and I stood there in silence. Finally, he took out the cigarettes again and lit another.<br />

"Your mom?"<br />

"Shut up."<br />

"You're one of those people who either has soul mates or mortal enemies, aren't you? No inbetween.<br />

You and Vasilisa are probably like sisters, huh?"<br />

"I guess."<br />

"How is she?"<br />

"Huh? What do you mean?"<br />

He shrugged, and if I didn't know better, I'd have said he was overdoing casualness. "I don't<br />

know. I mean, I know you guys ran away…and there was that stuff with her family and Victor<br />

Dashkov…."<br />

I stiffened at the reference to Victor. "So?"<br />

"Dunno. Just figured it might be a lot for her to, you know, handle."

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