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"So formal," she says. "Is it that bad?"
"I don't know. Maybe."
"She looked a little shell-shocked at the party," Luna says. "Do you know what happened?"
"Dare said something about Deidre."
"Oh." Luna's eyes turn down. She knows I lost my sister—everyone knows—but in the same way I know her parents divorced. I don't know the details. I didn't see the mess. I didn't discuss it with her.
She kept her pain to herself.
Or, at least, she kept it from me.
"It's kind of a long story," I say.
"You're messed up over it?" she asks.
I run my hand through my hair so I don't grab my phone. I want to read her entry. I want to understand everything I can. "I guess so."
"I'll tell Ollie I'll meet him at his place," she says.
"Doesn't he live with his dad and sister?"
"Not anymore." She grabs her phone and taps a text. "But I appreciate you looking out for my ability to get laid."
"You have sex here?" I ask.
"Oh? You never had sex in your parents' place?"
In high school, sure. Now? No. "Not when they're home."
"Mom is working late," she says.
"So you're alone a lot?"
"Yeah," she says. "Now that Divya isn't here. She was always my primary caretaker. But I'm going to meet her in London in August and we're going to tour Europe together."
"Youwantto travel with your mom?"
"Of course," Luna says. "But I hate traveling with Allison, so I get the hesitation."
"Why is it different with Divya?"
"Both my moms say I'm more like the other. I guess I'm like them in different ways," she says. "Divya and I are more in sync with rest and relaxation. She's better at it than me, actually. She loves the world, the beauty and wonder and thrill of it. You know?"
"Yeah."
"So." She smiles as her cell pings with a reply. Blushes as she reads. "Let's talk Patrick business." She sets her cell face down on the table next to mine. They're the same model. Imogen has the same model too.
It's a popular one. I usually don't notice.
But right now?
There's so much temptation and information on my phone. The thought of her grabbing mine, reading every entry ofHearts and Thorns?
I hate it.
Luna focuses her attention on me. "What happened?"
