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“No.”

Even drunk, that gets my back up.

“No, it isn't.”

There she is.

The reporter.

Apparently rum can't kill that side of me.

“Some of the facts are accurate. That's what makes the piece so dangerous. They took legitimate facts and arranged them to create a conclusion the evidence doesn't support.”

Dani blinks.

“That's fucked up.”

“Very.”

“So write that,” Annabeth says.

I look at her.

“What?”

“Write it.”

I laugh.

“No.”

“Why not?”

“Because I can't write about Mitchell now.”

“Why?”

I stare at all three of them.

“Because I'm in love with him!”

Silence.

Oh.

Well.

Fuck.

Dani's mouth falls open. Annabeth's eyes widen. Carolina doesn't look remotely surprised.

I point at her.

“Don't go there.”

“I didn't say anything.”

“Your face did.”