![]() Melissa wasn't sure what all he'd done to achieve that particular distinction, but the word around Traybridge was that one thing he did was burn down his old school. ![]() He had been kicked out of the public schools in the whole state of Rhode Island. Just a plain ordinary delinquent.Īccording to her friend Melissa, though, Jake Semple was famous. ![]() Two can play at that game, the boy's face said. ![]() E.D., she thought, was at least dignified - like a corporate executive, which one day she just might be. Being probably the only almost-thirteen-year-old girl in the whole country named Edith, she had no intention of giving him even that little bit of ammunition to use against her. She could tell by looking at him that he'd never heard of Edith Wharton, her mother's favorite writer. ![]() She had no intention of telling this creep the story of her name. He was dressed entirely in black - black T-shirt, black jeans, black high-top running shoes - and the look in his eyes was pure mean. The boy slouching against the porch railing had scarlet spiked hair, a silver ring through one dark brown eyebrow, and too many earrings to count. ![]()
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