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Camille:

If Lucia opened that door, I would be done for. I was naked in her brother’s closet. There was no other explanation for that other than the obvious. Plus I could tell that Daniel was mad at me. Even if his sister caught me in here, I would be getting no help from him.

“Lucia, wait,” he said, pulling her away from the closet right before she could open it.

“Wait a minute,” she said, staring at a spot on the bed. “Aren’t those Cam’s headphones?”

My eyes popped open. How could I have been dumb to leave them out there? Ugh. I was done for.

“Yeah, I asked her for them,” Daniel said, but it wasn’t a very convincing lie.

“And she gave them to you?” Lucia asked in a way that showed him she didn’t believe him at all.

“Why’s that so hard to believe? We’ve gotten pretty close recently. That’s why it’s strange that she talked about me leaving this morning. You can help me give them to her when she comes back,” he said offhandedly.

Now, that was a little more believ