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I stalk away, looking for anyone more interesting to talk to than the pussy couple and their pussy followers. I’ll settle for the fucking wall at this point.

“You look like you just got Lisanned.”

Someone falls into step beside me and I give her a double take. This bitch again?

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” I ask Tina.

“Your face. It’s the same face everyone gets after dealing with Lisann.”

She’s observant. That could be helpful.

I slow my steps.

“Why do they invite her?”

“Lisann doesn’t need an invitation. She’s like a vampire. After she’s been let in somewhere once, she lets herself in whenever she wants.”

I shake my head. Vampires? What?

“Like breaking and entering?”

“No. Just like…metaphysically.”

She winks before bringing a lit joint to her lips.

“Do you mean metaphorically?”

She shrugs while taking a long hit.

I eye her, then the cherry-red tip.

“You allowed to smoke in here?”

“I never asked,” she breathes like a dragon.

“Don’t blame you.” I stop and take the joint from my new friend. Holding it as close to my lips as possible without touching, I inhale deeply. One hit won’t hurt.

“You don’t like your stepmom?”

“She’s okay.” I slowly release the smoke, watching the cloud billow overhead. “For a cunt.”

Nodding, Tina retrieves the joint from me. “Seraphina Rhodes is definitely a see you next Tuesday.”

“Why are you saying it like that?”

“I’m a woman. We’re not supposed to say that word about other women.”

“Why?”

“Because it’s, like, sacrilegious.”

“How do you know Sera’s a cunt?”

“I used to be friends with Kota, back when we were like…” She holds a hand at her thigh. “And her mom was hard on her then. So I assume that got worse.”

A safe assumption.

“You two aren’t friends anymore?”