"I was having a nightmare, Aunt Gwen," I say, flinching. "Scarlett!" she yells, though there's no need because she's standing right over the bed. Ugh, I just emerged from a nightmare and dropped bang-slap into another one. The hair sticking up like a deranged puffball, the warty forehead, the watery eyes. By night, she's like a monster from a children's book. When I manage to open my eyes, I keep blinking. Even that's hard, as I'm still trippy from my dream.
I hear her before I see her, because I'm still really disoriented and my eyes are crusty with sleep. It isn't locked, which is a mistake on my part. I wake up screaming, but I don't know what words I'm yelling.Īunt Gwen tries the door. He's lying under me, and he's colder than the stone.Īnd the police are banging down the door to arrest me. I land with a thud that knocks the breath out of me, on a soft squish of body, and it's such a shock that I scream.Īnd then I realize what I've landed on, and I scream even louder. Cold stone around me, cold breeze blowing, an utter sense of loss that a moment ago I was pressed against Dan's warm body, and now I'm all alone. I fall for miles, down a deep, deep well, like Alice in Wonderland. I know how to fall, from gymnastics, but this is different, because I'm completely out of control, my limbs flailing. I feel like I'm about to faint, and as my legs begin to wobble, suddenly he's gone. My head is swimming with all the different sensations, the taste of champagne on his mouth, the lemony smell of his soap, the musk of his skin. I've never been this close to a boy in my life.
His lips are so soft, I could melt into them, and his arms, briefly, briefly, are heavy around my shoulders. I could stare at him all day.īut instead, I kiss him. I've never seen anything as handsome as him before. He's laughing his eyes are bright with excitement. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
But when she arrives, Scarlett becomes the target of a dangerous hunt herself. However, once Scarlett finds out how Lucy is connected to Dan, she knows she must drop everything and travel to the McAndrew estate in Scotland to hunt for more clues. Scarlett can’t help but feel guilty for indulging in romantic rendezvous when she should be hunting down Dan’s killer. Which means Scarlett must cast a wider net in order to catch the right suspect.īack at school, groundskeeper Jase is hoping to take Scarlett’s mind off her troubles with some heart-stopping kisses. Scarlett is stunned to discover a piece of evidence that might implicate another girl in Plum’s exclusive circle, Lucy Raleigh. After discovering that someone saw what looked like Dan’s emergency EpiPen in A-lister Plum’s designer handbag, Scarlett and her tough American sidekick, Taylor, sneak into a posh London nightclub, where Plum has a private table.
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