 Erik must've known she was 8th staring 8thstreetlatinas at him, but he ignored her. Grace labored against the drug for a few seconds 8th and 8thstreetlatinas came to the conclusion that image she was stuck 8thstreetlatinas in her seat, for the latinas time being. She 8thstreetlatinas made street a soft, resigned, frightened noise.
 "We're meeting street your 8th sister."
 The alarm went off again, and Gina groggily 8th deduced street that 8thstreetlatinas she'd hit the Snooze button enough. It was four-thirty in the A.M., and her entire night's sleep was image now a lost cause. She kicked off 8th the covers and sat 8th up slowly. Yawned and scratched behind her latinas ear. God dammit, she thought.
 There was a pause. "I met this guy and we've been hanging out. We're 8thstreetlatinas at 8th Sullivan's street. Can you pick me up?"
 "But where are we?" Grace whined. She sounded like such a baby, compared to Gina. She had to admire her big sister, but she 8th couldn't summon much courage herself.
 "A little something to make you less... hung up." Erik replied 8th.
 "Enough shit to make 8th you my little teenage toy."
 A hand cupped her 8thstreetlatinas chin and gently raised her head. Held it up . "That's better," Erik told her. "Look image at all the colors."
 She took a determined, measured breath. Found herself back latinas inside Gina, where image she belonged. And lowered her head 8th under 8th the torrent of light that sucked at her, through her eyes 8th. Her sister was unable to help herself. She had to make it through this 8th for both of them.
 His butt jerked into the air then, as the air wheezed out of his lungs. His mouth 8thstreetlatinas formed a shocked 'o'. He 8th looked like a fish because Gina had kneed him in the balls. Exhilaration bubbled through 8thstreetlatinas Grace as Gina stood up and shoved Erik rudely 8th aside, staggered, then resolutely took hold of the 8th chair she'd been tied to. Raised it up, brought it down clumsily over his head. Erik hit the floor like a rag doll 8th, and Grace just stood there 8th watching the blood trickle hesitantly across latinas the plastic on the floor. Then her 8th sister was in her face, gripping her arms image, shouting at her. "Come 8th on. Grace . Now." Tugging her roughly out of the room. Grace couldn't stop street grinning 8th.
 It was empty, nearly unfurnished, except 8th for a desk near 8th the bar that joined 8th the dining room to the spotless kitchen. On the desk, near a flickering computer monitor, were some familiar items. Unthinking, Gina sprinted across the bare living 8th room and snatched up her purse. Then she 8thstreetlatinas saw her driver's license , next to Grace's latinas, near a keyboard. Her eyes flicked to the screen and she saw their addresses 8thstreetlatinas and phone numbers, neatly entered into a database. Her unbearably quick breathing quickened. She reached a shaking finger out to the keyboard 8thstreetlatinas, trying to street figure out the fastest 8th way to erase the data, when she heard muffled noises from upstairs. She screamed, raked the rest of their stuff into her purse. Grabbed Grace's street backpack and ran back to her latinas confused sister. Then she spied the front door.
 They reached a street sign after running about twenty 8th yards 8thstreetlatinas. Holding onto it while she caught her 8th breath, Gina glanced up. Sussex Lane. She knew exactly where they were - a neighborhood away from Seth's. She glanced back 8th down the street to the house with the broken window and trampled hedge. No one had come out the front latinas door yet 8thstreetlatinas. None of the neighbors had come out, either. She wrapped a sweaty arm around Grace 8th. "C'mon kiddo," she gasped. "Let's get out of here."
 Gina turned 8th the paper over in her hands 8th and 8th unfolded it. There was one sentence on it, printed in Arial . She covered her mouth and shuddered.
 He 8thstreetlatinas knew her well enough to give 8thstreetlatinas her face; he didn't reach out for her. "No prob. Should we tell Grace?"
 "Follow me, all right?" Gina asked as she opened her image car door.
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