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line. “I need to talk to you outside. Now .”
    I nod and follow my brother downstairs and out onto the back porch. The sun has risen and it’s now glistening on the lake. The place is as perfect as a postcard. That’s exactly what my family has always strived for. To make everything, including our family, look as perfect as a postcard. Drew has obviously fallen into the same routine as my parents. As long as everything looks fine on the outside, if he has the picture perfect life, stunning fiancée included, no one will ask questions or look too deeply behind the curtain, or in his case into the dark closet he’s been hiding in for years.
    He’s counting on his looks, charm and charisma to win the race. And he’ll probably pull it off too. But I wonder where that will leave Mazzy when the election is over.
    And then I wonder why I even care.
    “What are you giving her?” I ask before we even sit down. “A quarter of a million?”
    “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
    I laugh. “Yeah, okay. Then where were you last night?”
    He frowns. “I had to work late.”
    “You were working late? Dressed like that? And it required you to stay out until nearly ten the next morning? Come on. You can’t possibly expect me to believe that horseshit.”
    He looks at me like he can’t believe that I don’t believe it.
    “If you were actually engaged to that girl upstairs,” I continue. “That absolutely gorgeous blonde with the hot little body that won’t quit, you would not be staying out all night. You’d be in her bed all night and the two of you would still be fucking this morning.”
    Drew’s jaw has dropped so low that if it was summer I’d be afraid he’d get bugs in his mouth. But the brisk autumn air has already taken care of the insect problem.
    “I can’t believe I actually said something that stunned the charming Drew Graham into silence.” I look around dramatically. “Is there a calendar anywhere? We need to mark the occasion. You’re never at a loss for words.”
    He rubs his jaw thoughtfully. “Maybe we can come to some kind of an arrangement.”
    I raise an eyebrow. “Such as?”
    “I realize Dad wants you be available until the election in November. But I can make it quite lucrative for you to stay elsewhere for the remainder of the campaign.”
    I laugh. “Like I care about your money. I turned twenty-five, remember? I have access to my own trust fund. And I haven’t even touched it. Not a penny. No need. I worked my way through Europe bartering and doing odd jobs. Besides I really like the idea of being a thorn in your side. It gives me great pleasure.”
    He shakes his head as he lets out an exasperated sigh. I seem to have that effect on a lot of people. “Just stay away from her, okay?”
    “Then why don’t you make more of an effort to be here with her?” I challenge. Not that I think my brother will actually take me up on the challenge. I’m not sure I even want him to. I like having time alone with Mazzy.
    “The campaign is going to keep me very busy. But I will try to spend more time with her. Satisfied?”
    “I’ll be satisfied when I actually see you do what you say you’re going to do.”
    He glares at me. “And just what are you insinuating?”
    “I’m not insinuating anything. Maybe you shouldn’t read too much into everything I say.”
    “It’s hard not to. You’re the poster boy for passive aggressiveness.”
    “My family makes it so easy,” I reply.
    “Maybe if you choose to conform just a little you wouldn’t have such a difficult time with everyone.”
    “So I can be miserable and phony just like you? No thanks.”
    “I’m neither,” he insists.
    “How easy it must be to live in denial your whole life. Mark my words. One of these days it’s all going to catch up with you. Do you really think people are going to accept your sham engagement? And what’s going to happen after the election? Are you going to pay her to marry you too? How