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         “NO,YOU COME ONE.” SHE HISSED.SHE SHOVED ME IN THE CHEST.I CRIED OUT.
         “KIMBER,I DIDN’T MEAN TO HURT YOU.” I PLEADED.KIMBER WHIPPED AROUND.
         SHE BRUSHED AWAY ANGRY TEARS AND A SOB ESCAPED HER LIPS.
         
            “WHAT IS WITH YOU LATELY? YOU ARE SO DESTRUCTIVE.YOU SHOULD
         DUMP DRAKE BEFORE YOU HURT HIM.” SHE SEETHED.
         
            “YEAH,RIGHT.WHY? SO YOU CAN SEIZE HIM?!” I SHREIKED.KIMBER LAUGHED.
         “I’D TREAT HIM BETTER THAN YOU DO.”SI! SAID.I CRINGED.
         
            “YcDO DON’T MEAN THAT.” I SAID QUICKLY.KIMBER STARED AT ME.
         
         “OH,YES I DO ANDREA.OH,YES I DO.” KIMBER STORMED OVER TO HER TOYOTA
         AND OPEHED THE DOOR.SHE CLIMBED INSIDEAND SPED OFF.I STORMED INSIDE
         AND CRIED.
         
         
         
            THE PARTY WAS CLEARED OUT BY HANK.ABOUT FIVE THAT EVENING MY
         
         BEDROOM DOOR OPENED AND HANK CAME IN.HE SAT BESIDE ME ON THE BED.
         
         HE SMOOTHED MY HAIR DOWN WITH ONE OF HIS LONG AND STONG HANDS.
         
         HE DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING.NEITHER DID I.SUDDENLY THE TEARS CAME AND HE
         
         PULLED ME TO HIS CHEST.
         
            “IT’S OKAY ANDI.IT’S OKAY.” HE MURMURED SEVERAL TIMES.
         
         “KIMBER CALLED.SHE SAID IT WAS COOL.SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND YOU
         LATELY,BUT SHE SAID SHE’D TRY.YOU DIDN’T TELL HER ABOUT MOM DID YOU?”
         
           I LOOKED AT HANK.
         
         “TELL KIMBER THAT MY MOTHER IS DYING?” I ASKED IN AN ICY VOICE.
         
           “I THINK SHE’S UNDERSTAND.” HANK SAID.I LAUGHED EVILY.
         
           “TELL HER OUR MOTHER HAS CANCER AND WON’T TAKE CHEMOTHERAPHY BECAUSE
         SHE DOESN’T WANT TO LOOSE HER HAIR?” I ASKED.HANK BRIIISHED AWAY MY TEAR
         THAT HAD ESCAPED.
         
           “ANDREA.KIMBER LOVES YOU BUT YOU DO TRY TO PURPOSELY HURT HER.”
         “I HATE HER HANK.I REALLY HATE HER.SHE WANTS DRAKE ADN I LOVE HIM.”
         
           “I KNOW SHE LIKES DRAKE.BUT DRAKE LOVES YOU.”
         
            “NO HE DOESN’T.” I SAID TERRHULLY.
         
         “YES HEHOST CERTAINLY DOES.” A DEEP VOICE CAME FROM THE DOORWAY.I
         LOOKED UP TO SEE DRAKE.HE CAME IN AND SAT BESIDE ME.HE TOOK MY HAND
         AND KISSED IT.I LEANED INTO HIM AND WRAPPED MY ARMS AROUND HIS NECK.