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Chapter One

Mia

Sue…

“Get your butt over here,” my best friend squeals from the here she’s taken up sentinel, “you need to see this!”

That’s a negative, Ghost Rider I’ll take a hard pass I have zero interest in spying on a yard full of drunken classhbor’s house Reluctantly, I glance up fro with a pale pink polish Coney Island Cotton Candy, to be precise

When our gazes lock, Alyssa waveswith excitement Kind of like a schnauzer

“Everyone is over there!”

“Not true,” Iht here” And that’s exactly where I plan to stay

“Yeah, that’s kind of the proble theo over there for a little bit? Just a little? That’s all I’”

That’s all she’s asking…ha!

I’ bullshit

Alyssa knows I’d rather chew sworth’s parties I didn’t mention it to her, but Beck shot me a text earlier this afternoon with all the details If she even suspected an invitation had been issued, she would have dragged my ass across the lawn that separates our properties as soon as the first guest pulled into the drive

No, thank you

It’s obvious fro from next door that the entire senior class has shown up to celebrate our newly graduated status If we didn’t live on a quiet cul-de-sac tucked away in a gated subdivision, I’d expect the police to make an unannounced visit and shut down the festivities

Then again, no one wants to h-priced attorney with a fleet of underlings working for hily white veneers you see on television yapping about if you’ve been injured, you need to call theuy! The dude is everywhere Billboards Coazine advertisements

The local police have tangled with Archibald several tinet for trouble Let’s see, there was the ti When Beck was fifteen years old, he borrowed his parent’s brand spanking new Range Rover and did a little off-roading And the police were involved when he super glued the locks on the high school building doors for senior prank day

Instead of hauling Beck to the station every time he’s picked up, they drop hi to Archibald about it Beck is on a first nauys on the force A feed up to his graduation party in June