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  57 I did. Lily and I got our hair professionally straightened and had our makeup applied for free by the lady at the Fresh counter. I was lightly dusted, not overdone. I wore a silver long-sleeved dress and black knee-high boots from Steve Madden. Dad nearly passed out.

  58 Perfect.

  59 English and Creole.

  60 Still angry.

  61 Dressed in jeans and some Sound of Music top. Hardly a vintage dress, but Octavia is hardly smart so I let it go.

  Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Welcome

  Dedication

  A Foreword by Lisi Harrison

  Introduction

  Sheridan

  Duffy

  Jagger

  Lily

  Lily

  Vanessa

  Jagger

  Lily

  Sheridan

  Duffy

  Jagger

  Lily

  Sheridan

  Vanessa

  Lily

  Sheridan

  Jagger

  Sheridan

  Duffy

  Lily

  Sheridan

  Vanessa

  Jagger

  Duffy

  Lily

  Duffy

  Jagger

  Vanessa

  Sheridan

  Lily

  Vanessa

  Sheridan

  Duffy

  Vanessa

  Lily

  Vanessa

  Sheridan

  Duffy

  Lily

  Jagger

  Vanessa

  Sheridan

  Duffy

  Lily

  Sheridan

  Jagger

  Duffy

  Sheridan

  Jagger

  Vanessa

  Lily

  Vanessa

  Lily

  Sheridan

  Duffy

  Vanessa

  Jagger

  Lily

  Epilogue

  Acknowledgments

  Acknowledgments (for Real)

  Also by Lisi Harrison

  Copyright

  Copyright

  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

  Copyright © 2013 by Lisi Harrison

  Cover art and design by Liz Casal

  Cover © 2013 Hachette Book Group, Inc.

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  First ebook edition: October 2013

  ISBN 978-0-316-22234-1