Lily:I didn’t even wait for him to explain himself and dashed up to my room. I could hear him calling my name but I ignored him and slammed the door behind me and flopped on my bed.I broke into tears and began to kick my feet angrily in the air. My step-brother had just seen me naked! Did my miserable luck follow me from New York? Here I was hoping I would have a summer break with no embarrassments and then this had to happen. I hadn’t even been in Malibu for twenty-four hours.I hugged my pillow and buried my face in it. This had to be a bad dream. Maybe If I fell asleep, everything would be erased. Maybe…~~~“Lily? Lily, are you there?”I was still draped in my towel and was waking up from sleep when I heard Maria’s voice on the other side of the door.“Lily, dear, Mason said you haven’t eaten all day. And you shouldn’t be angry about the chicken. We got another one. Please, come down, dear.”Mason? The chicken? I was still in my towel?I reburied my face in the pillow. I guess i
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