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More educated guesses.
Not that I’m good with education. I’m failing out of high school…or no…I’m not in high school anymore. Did I even graduate?
I let out a long groan. There’s justtoo muchthat’s missing.
It pushes me forward. I grab the knob and turn.
30
LUNA HALE
This is oh so wrong.I’m likely booking passage to hell. Yet, I can’t stop scoping out Donnelly’s room—which I’ve come to realize is aguest room.How else do you explain the frilly grannie shams and floral comforter? It screams Jane Cobalt. Plus,The Commencement of the Empirepainting is hung on the wall.Jane’spainting. Donnelly must’ve not cared about redecorating.
Maybe he didn’t think he’d be here for long. That freaks me out—because wouldn’t Original Luna want him to stay?
I tug open a dresser drawer. Empty.
Second drawer. A couple shorts. Bathing suit trunks. Boxer-briefs. So few items that they all fit together.
Crouching, I slide out the third drawer. Among socks is a ripped open box of condoms. I wonder if we ever used these or not.Maybe he used them on another girl.I crinkle my brows, not sure how to feel about that idea. He never said we wereexclusive.I could’ve been sleeping around.
He could’ve too.
Shoving the condoms aside, I find an old cigar box: a place where people usually store mementos. I only hesitate for half-a-second before I flip the lid.
Passport.
I unfurl a sheet of paper.His birth certificate.The answers are handwritten and not super legible.
Full Name of Child:Paul Donnelly
County of Birth:Philadelphia
Born on:August 13th(Moffy was right)
Weight:6 pounds 1 ounce
Father’s Full Name:Sean Kerry Donnelly
Mother’s Maiden Name:Bridget…
I squint hard, unable to really decipher his mom’s maiden name. I refold the birth certificate. He hasn’t kept any old IDs. The only things left in the cigar box are…wedding programs.
Jane Cobalt & Thatcher Moretti
They were married last year. Jane…and a bodyguard.Jane…and Thatcher—who just so happens to be my little brother’s 24/7 bodyguard. Quiet, a bit broody, an identical twin, that’s what I remember. It’s not like I know him too well. He barely talks at all. Jane could talk forhours.Evidence that opposites do attract.
I read the other program.
Maximoff Hale & Farrow Redford Keene.I skim the list of the grooms’ party and freeze at the sight of Donnelly’s name.
Oh wow, he was Farrow’sbest man.They are closer than close then.
I place the cigar box in its original spot and check the end table drawer.
Phone charger.
Bullets?Probably since he’s a bodyguard.He has a gun somewhere. Then I unearth a notebook. Milky Way swirls and basic stick figure aliens…I used to draw these in my school binders all the time. I recognize my crappy artwork. These aremydoodles.
