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“It’s a new phone,” I reminded her aunt, making her pause before departing. “But I’ll be sure to have Ava Jade text you so you have the new number.”
Her mouth opened into a tiny ‘o.’ She didn’t like the insinuation that she’d wrongly accused Ava Jade of lying. But she only nodded. “Thank you, dear.”
“You’re welcome.”
“Now get to class, the lot of you. I don’t want my niece getting you into trouble for being late.”
Ava Jade stared after her aunt red-faced, her little fists tight balls at her sides until the front door closed behind the old woman.
“You’re not coming to Thanksgiving.” She seethed at all of us.
Rook put a hand to his chest, a fake look of hurt crossing his face. “But, Ava Jade,” he said in a terrible Madame Humphrey impression. “We were invited.”
“I’m going to murder all of you.”
