When I had snagged Jace Saunders away from the blossoming attentions of the latest idiot to set her sights on him, I knew I had it made.He was the perfect man for me, or will be once we got the hell out of high school and took our rightful places in Hollywood society.Of course I would have to disannul him of his stupid notion about playing for the NFL, but that was easy. Or so I'd thought.I'd had our whole life together mapped out. My acquisition of Jace had been in the works for a while before I finally made my move.Had I not had my ambitions, he would've been my choice anyway. He was the hottest catch in our little world after all, not to mention young starlets the world over would give their eyeteeth to be on his arm.Women had been rumored to be after him since he was about fifteen or so, believe it or not.I'd watched him with other girls since we were younger, biding my time, learning all there was to know about his likes and dislikes.I'd even befriended a few of his

He dropped me off at the lot where I'd left my car and I made my way home, while he went off to his wife and kids. Now that I was alone, I had more time to think about whether or not we had been seen, and about how much longer I was going to string Vincent Sayers along before I put the squeeze on him.He was good for a few trinkets, and I so enjoyed screwing the father of one of my peers. In fact, again, you could say she was the reason I'd gone after him in the first place.I'd heard all about the little princess in my usual way. The servants were all going on and on about her last birthday party and how her father had spoiled her, about all the great gifts he'd given and was always giving to her.More than the gifts, I envied their relationship. I never had a real father, and the closest thing to one that I had, distrusted and sometimes even seemed to despise me.I don't know why, I've always tried to be a good little girl, at least when anyone else was around. And I'd always don

I can imagine why he didn't show up to get me, but of course I couldn't say anything to Sian about it. I can't say anything to anyone.I braced myself before entering the house. I know mom would be expecting him to come back with me, and I was running out of excuses to give her each time he pulled one of these stunts.Pretty soon, she's going to figure out that something's going on; if she hasn't already.Sometimes I wonder; there's no way she can be that blind, it's obvious even to me, and I'm a novice at this relationship stuff.I feel so torn lately, the father who I loved and adored my whole life, has become a stranger. Ever since mom gave birth to twins and one of them was a stillborn son.It was subtle at first, the differences. First were the late nights when before he couldn't wait to get home to us. Then came the avoidance, where it got so I couldn't remember the last time I'd seen them both in the same room together.Even their friends envied their closeness once. The

Something was bothering her; did she know? Could that explain her attitude towards Mandy, was it more than just high school bullying that made her hate the other girl so passionately? I hope not.I can't imagine how that would feel, to know your dad was cheating on your mom. Though she kept insisting she was okay and nothing was bothering her. Now I knew what Jace felt when I did the same to him.I did get her to admit that there was something on her mind, but it turned out to be something entirely different from what I'd believed.Then I remembered her asking me about Maggie once before and her explanation that she was just adjusting to sharing her parents after being an only child for so many years made sense.I forgot all about it when I went off to class. There was a heavy air of excitement throughout the school; even the teachers were excited about the big game.Mandy for her part, seemed relaxed and happier than I'd seen her since coming here. It made me doubt what I thought

Where the fuck is she? I'd been home for almost an hour already. Which means she had more than enough time to get home and shower and be waiting for me to pick her up.All my calls had gone to voicemail and she wasn't returning them. My gut knew that something wasn't right, but I refused to let my mind go there.I admit that I'd been feeling that something wasn't right. I put it off as this damn secret she's been keeping, but now...I was about to head out the door when the doorbell rang. I pulled it open, ready to blast her for driving here alone this time of night, but my words died in my throat."Jared, what happened?" The look on his face, plus the way he just looked at me as if he couldn't form the words, and I knew.I wasn't aware of falling until dad caught me. "Where is she, what happened to her? Tell me." I knew she wasn't dead, I would've known if she were dead.I should've known, all day I kept feeling that something was wrong. Why hadn't I just insisted she ride with