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           Won’ttheybe,well,surprisedthatyouwouldbringsomeone...likeme...hometomeetthem?DotheyknowthatIknowaboutthem?"

           "Oh,theyalreadyknoweverything.They’dtakenbetsyesterday,youknow"-hesmiled,buthisvoicewasharsh-"onwhetherI’dbringyouback,thoughwhyanyonewouldbetagainstAlice,Ican’timagine.Atanyrate,wedon’thavesecretsinthefamily.It’snotreallyfeasible,whatwithmymindreadingandAliceseeingthefutureandallthat."

           "AndJaspermakingyoufeelallwarmandfuzzyaboutspillingyourguts,don’tforgetthat."

           "Youpaidattention,"hesmiledapprovingly.

           "I’vebeenknowntodothateverynowandthen."Igrimaced."SodidAliceseemecoming?"

           Hisreactionwasstrange."Somethinglikethat,"hesaiduncomfortably,turningawaysoIcouldn’tseehiseyes.Istaredathimcuriously.

           "Isthatanygood?"heasked,turningbacktomeabruptlyandeyeingmybreakfastwithateasinglookonhisface."Honestly,itdoesn’tlookveryappetizing."

           "Well,it’snoirritablegrizzly..."Imurmured,ignoringhimwhenheglowered.IwasstillwonderingwhyherespondedthatwaywhenImentionedAlice.Ihurriedthroughmycereal,speculating.

           Hestoodinthemiddleofthekitchen,thestatueofAdonisagain,staringabstractedlyoutthebackwindows.

           Thenhiseyeswerebackonme,andhesmiledhisheartbreakingsmile.

           "Andyoushouldintroducemetoyourfather,too,Ithink."

           "Healreadyknowsyou,"Iremindedhim.

           "Asyourboyfriend,Imean."

           Istaredathimwithsuspicion.