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harmless enough.
    But the second she said it, the evil gleam she’d come to know so well sparkled in Tabitha’s icy gaze . “Of course , it looked better on me before I donated it to charity. My mother said it was a good idea to give to the less fortunate. She was absolutely right because I’m so glad to see that my old rag could be of use to someone so obviously in need.”
    Sharon and Nancy’s barely muffled giggles were salt in her wounds. A smile of pure malevolence curved Tabitha’s lips as she watched for a reaction. Alex for her part was determined not to give her one. She would have liked to come up with a witty retort but her brain froze. Her soul had just taken ano ther beating at the hands of Satan’s cheerleaders . She wouldn’t cry even as she felt the sting of tears burning her eyes.
    “Well , I , for one , am glad you donated that dress because Alex looks amazing in it.”
    Alex had been so wrapped up from the pain of Tabitha’s latest attack that she hadn’t noticed Rusty or Cash coming their way.
    “Cash!” Tabitha’s face was now bright red. Sharon and Nancy slowly began to distance themselves from their friend. “I didn’t see you there.”
    Cash rolled his eyes. “Obviously.”
    Having obviously recovered like the she-snake she was, Tabitha insinuated herself in between the boy s and batted her eyelashes. “And I , of course , agree with you that Alex looks…uh, amazing. We were just having a little chit chat before you came but I’m happy to see you. Did the two of you get the invitation to my sweet sixteen party ? Everyone who is anyone will be there and it wouldn’t be a party without you two.”
    Alex wanted to gag.
    “Everyone who’s anyone huh?” Rusty asked.
    Tabitha’s smile widened. “Of course. It will be the talk of the town.”
    Rusty turned his attention to Alex. “Did you get your invite yet Alex?”
    “Er, no.”
    This time , Tabitha’s smile was more strained. “Well, it was probably lost in the mail. But , she’ll get one of course.”
    Alex rolled her eyes. If Tabitha was nothing else, she was certainly a good actress.
    “Good to hear. Now , if you three don’t mind , we’d like to have a word alone with Alex,” Cash’s tone made it quite clear they had no other option.
    “Of course. You must want to talk about something of a domestic nature. Her grandmother is your housekeeper , isn’t she?” Before letting either respond , she flipped her hair and wi ggled her fingers at them. “ I’ll see you guys later.” She sashayed away swinging her hips so hard, Alex hoped she’ d dislocated a bone.
    “I hate her so much,” she whispered once the three vipers were out of earshot.
    “Forget about her. We’re more interested in why you’re avoiding us. What the hell is going on with you?” Cash demanded.
    Alex turned her back to them and pretended an interest in the contents of her locker she didn’t have. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
    Cash gripped her shoulders and turned her around to face them. “Don’t play dumb, Alex. You don’t come by the house anymore, you catch the bus when I could just as easily give you a ride and you avoid us in school like we did something to you. Something must be up because I can’t imagine why our friend would do that to us without a reason.”
    Alex couldn’t look at either of them. Sometime within the last couple years , they’d changed from the boys she used to climb trees and swim in the lake with , and morphed into certified hotties . They had both hit their growth spurts and now , each easily stood over six feet with Rusty topping his older brother by an inch. Where they had been lanky, the boys had filled out, their shoulders were broader than before and they’d both developed muscles to complement their bulkier frames. Their once round faces had thinned out and had become canvases of perfection from their chiseled jaws to their killer smiles. Where Cash was blond with green eye s,