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You d<strong>on</strong>’t need a car of your own.”<br />

“But how am I supposed to get around?” Spencer wailed.<br />

Mrs. Hastings kept chopping the carrots into smaller and smaller bits. The knife made a gnawing sound<br />

against the cutting board. “If you want to buy a new car, do what plenty of other kids your age do.” She<br />

brushed the carrots into the pot. “Get a job.”<br />

“A job?” Spencer sputtered. Her parents had never made her work before. She thought about the<br />

people at<br />

Rosewood Day who had jobs. They worked at the Gap at the King James. At Auntie Anne’s pretzels. At<br />

Wawa, making sandwiches.<br />

“Or borrow our car,” Mrs. Hastings said. “Or I hear there’s a w<strong>on</strong>derful new inventi<strong>on</strong> that takes you<br />

places<br />

the same as a car does.” She laid the knife <strong>on</strong> the cutting board. “It’s called the bus.”<br />

Spencer gaped at both of them, her ears ringing. Then, to her surprise, a peaceful feeling settled over<br />

her.<br />

She had her answer. Her parents truly didn’t love her. If they did, they wouldn’t be trying to take away<br />

everything<br />

from her.<br />

“Fine,” she said tersely, whirling around. “It’s not like I’ll be here much l<strong>on</strong>ger, anyway.” As she strode<br />

out<br />

of the kitchen, she heard her father’s glass clink against the granite countertop. “Spencer,” Mr. Hastings<br />

called. But it was too little, too late.<br />

Spencer ran upstairs to her bedroom. Usually, after her parents dissed her, tears would stream down<br />

her<br />

face, and she’d fling herself <strong>on</strong> the bed, w<strong>on</strong>dering what she’d d<strong>on</strong>e wr<strong>on</strong>g. But not this time. She<br />

marched<br />

over to her desk and picked up the expandable file Olivia had been lugging around yesterday. Taking a<br />

deep<br />

breath, she peered inside. Just as Olivia said, it was filled with papers about the apartment Olivia and<br />

her

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