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e beach house I'd rented during filming. "Rain, rain, and more rain." It was coming down i

urist destination for people living in Oregon.

g it was either overcast o

alled for w

was wet a

way down A Street, then B, then C. Wh

t my destination and

n recently renovated. The owners had put in a quarter of a million in updates, a

sed glass deck that made it possible to sit outside and b

ew was incredible, and the rent, even though it w

he keys jangled when I jammed one into the lock and turne

furn

i

al

atch. Where th

Seaside? Or d

i:

re you coming

n't recall

near threw my pho

shopping. I have a list for you. I may

n five. I'm stopping o

ome here now, and we'

i:

even a s

hose after I was accused of lying to

said I w

: I

'll see yo

, but I'm

c:

later. I ran out and jumped into the passenger s

we moving?"

d at the

ze Demetri lives about

glared, her bright

eone's prickly this morning. Then again, t

le

the girl had me wanting to hold my br

in front of Demetri's townho

door s

hat," I muttered under my breath

he was already inside the house befo

no see, little sis, and why the he

too, Demetri." I

d you put that video of me ge

d out. "And you would ha

ucky is it that you needed a new assistant, and Dani's a little

nnoyance. The last time I'd received a look like that was in the fifth gra

went ahead and put a crap load of clothes

sly and wrapped Aly

was jealous of two girls having a good relationship. Maybe be

tealing my attention away from Dani, and the wa

d back to my place soon anyway. I'm a slave driver and a

the counter. "I heard Jay has a five

is I have this crazy awesome assistant who can fetch

face in my

likes you," D

l if she has a poster of my

stuck her finger in her mou

at's a term of endearment," Dem

just means she'd run me over with her car,

o actually knee you in the balls - more than once. Which isn't her typical MO. She's a

he threw her head back and laughed freely at

eathers, because the last time I saw her glare at someone was never... Good work, way-ta ta

eard her talking to her dad's voicemail on her ph

o the barstool next to me. "You'r

old me!" I hissed. "Jay

nd him to make sure Dani wasn't eavesdropping. "She t

" I o

your pick. We were there when she got hurt. Sh

store and run errands before school gets out," Alyssa called out

frowned. "It

tered. "It's ridiculous sometim

repeated. "Is t

Starbucks, though, so we forgive it for h

French fries for brea

hands. "...last I checked, peo

ing my head, I rose from my

i pointed at the door. "... make sure to treat

out la

else jo

I glared at Demetri. "

held up his hand for a high five

e to bring her back in the

" Demetri

nd followed Dani

d since our car ride over. I only hoped it would last after she saw