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It must hurt her, though, to always be in the shadow of the sun.
No wonder she doesn’t believe in love. No one’s offered it to her.
“Is Depressed Mode still fun?” Lexi asks. “I haven’t been since high school.”
“It’s twenty-one plus,” Deanna says.
“I have my ways.”
“A fake ID or a fling with a bartender?” Deanna asks.
“Dee, I know you don’t approve of rule breaking. But you’d get it if you got it,” she says. “Bartenders are hot.”
“River knows something about that,” Deanna says.
Lexi’s blue eyes go wide. “A dirty story? Do tell.”
Dirty.
Lexi.
Me.
All the thoughts leave my brain at once.
She doesn’t wait for me to find a thought. “Aw, I bet you broke her heart.” She presses her hand to her chest with utmost sympathy. “The poor girl probably had no idea what she was in for.”
Deanna actually laughs out loud. “Really?”
“Yeah, really.” Lexi turns to the back seat. “Do you have a problem?”
“No.” Deanna mimes zipping her lips.
Lexi holds her sister’s gaze for a moment, then she settles into her seat. “Did you break her heart?”
“I—”
“They dated in high school,” Deanna says, cutting me off.
“And?” Lexi asks. “No one broke your heart in high school?”
“You’re right,” Deanna says. “She was pissed to see him, even after all these years.”
“Wait a second.” Lexi cups her ear with one hand. “Did I hear that right?”
“Don’t rub it in,” Deanna says.
“I was right?” Lexi asks.
“Yeah. You were right. Take the win,” Deanna says.
Lexi turns to me with an even more radiant smile. “She’s never said this before.”
“I guess you two can bond there,” Deanna says. “Breaking hearts.”
I can’t get a word in between these two.
“I’ve never broken a heart,” Lexi says.
