~Tyler Pierce~I stepped into the car and ignited the engine, Claire cleared her throat, tilted her head to look at me. "So," Claire said, "Do you like her?"I blinked confused and turned to look at her, "Like who?" I grunted, pulling out of the driveway and onto the street, my eyes fixed on the road.Claire made a small, unimpressed sound. A little huff of air that said, Don't play dumb with me. I could feel her gaze on the side of my face.When I didn't elaborate, she did. "Sam.""Why would you say that?" I asked, forcing a casual tone"Oh, I don't know," she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Maybe it's the way you two look at each other. It's like watching a nature documentary about two predators sizing each other up before they either rip each other's throats out or... You know." She waggled her eyebrows in the rearview mirror."We're stepsiblings, Claire," I bit out trying not to make whatever was going on between us, visible. Claire let out a short laugh. "Notice how tha
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