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kissed Giovanni on the lips—not on the cheek, and not a quick peck, but a full mouth-on-mouth kiss. Daphne glanced at Cam, whose eyes fell to the floor.
Before Daphne could react, she was drawn back to the screen and to Giovanni’s tears. Then Bridget jumped up from the ground and grabbed Giovanni’s hand, leading him to the edge of the bluff.
“Let’s jump,” she dared.
He looked out at the raging sea below. “You’re crazy.”
“So? It’ll be fun. Come on. I’ve done it before. The secret is to jump way out. You can’t go straight down, or you’ll be bashed into the rocks. But if you leap way out, it’s amazing.”
“No thanks.” He turned away from the edge, wiping his eyes.
She twirled around to face him. “Oh, come on! It’s such a thrill!”
Then, while he faced away from her, Bridget climbed down the edge of the cliff so that only the upper half of her face and hands were visible. She clung to the ledge and screamed.
Daphne was startled and shrieked, then blushed with embarrassment when the doctor and Cam glanced her way.
Giovanni rushed to the edge and grabbed Bridget’s hand.
“I slipped! Don’t let me fall!” Bridget shouted. “Oh, God! Oh, God!”
Giovanni pulled Bridget to safety. They were both breathing rapidly, as though they’d run a mile. Tears poured down Bridget’s cheeks. She wrapped her arms around him and wept against his chest, thanking him again and again for saving her life.
She was a really talented actress, Daphne thought.
The doctor removed her headphones and smiled at Daphne. “The boy feels better about himself already.”
“But is it wise to lead him on like that?” Daphne asked. “A broken heart might make him worse.”
“Cameron, would you leave us, please?”
Cam nodded and left the room. Daphne felt less comfortable now that she was alone with the doctor.
“I want you to see something,” Dr. Gray said. She went to the desk and pressed the lighted button on her dashboard. After a few moments, she pressed another. Then she pointed to the same screen they had just been watching, only, this time, it was Cam with Bridget. “This was filmed last summer, Cam’s first day here with us.”
Bridget lay on her towel on the bluff in the same pink bikini twirling a strand of grass between her fingers. Cam stretched out on another towel. Unlike Giovanni, Cam was sunbathing, too. He looked thinner back then and was as white as a sheet.
“This feels nice,” Cam said. “Thanks for bringing me to this spot.”
“Isn’t this the best?” Bridget asked in a dreamy voice.
“If you mean being here with you, then yes,” he said, making Daphne want to gag.
How corny, she thought.
“What’s your story, anyway?” Bridget asked. “I was just told that you’re going through rehab.”
“That’s all there is to it,” Cam replied.
“But why drugs? What draws you to them?” Bridget pressed. She rolled onto her side and propped up her head with one hand, looking down at Cam. “You’re so beautiful, you know that? How could someone so beautiful contaminate himself?”
Daphne could see Cam’s jaw muscles flexing as he gritted his teeth.
“Just wanted to have fun,” Cam said. “I was dumb, that’s all.”
“I don’t believe you. There’s more to you than that. I can tell.”
Cam sat up and looked up and down her beautiful body.
“Has anyone ever told you how much you resemble the young Carrie Fisher?” he asked.
“Who?” Bridget asked.
So she wasn’t a Star Wars fan, Daphne thought.
“You know. Princess Lea?” Cam explained.
Bridget held up one hand and gave the Vulcan greeting from Star Trek. “Live long and prosper.”
Cam slapped his forehead. “Now I know we could never be together.”
Bridget laughed and playfully shoved him. “So you use humor to mask your true feelings,” she said, a little too casually, Daphne thought.
“What do you want from me?” Cam asked with a half-laugh. “Blood?”
“I’ll leave
Before Daphne could react, she was drawn back to the screen and to Giovanni’s tears. Then Bridget jumped up from the ground and grabbed Giovanni’s hand, leading him to the edge of the bluff.
“Let’s jump,” she dared.
He looked out at the raging sea below. “You’re crazy.”
“So? It’ll be fun. Come on. I’ve done it before. The secret is to jump way out. You can’t go straight down, or you’ll be bashed into the rocks. But if you leap way out, it’s amazing.”
“No thanks.” He turned away from the edge, wiping his eyes.
She twirled around to face him. “Oh, come on! It’s such a thrill!”
Then, while he faced away from her, Bridget climbed down the edge of the cliff so that only the upper half of her face and hands were visible. She clung to the ledge and screamed.
Daphne was startled and shrieked, then blushed with embarrassment when the doctor and Cam glanced her way.
Giovanni rushed to the edge and grabbed Bridget’s hand.
“I slipped! Don’t let me fall!” Bridget shouted. “Oh, God! Oh, God!”
Giovanni pulled Bridget to safety. They were both breathing rapidly, as though they’d run a mile. Tears poured down Bridget’s cheeks. She wrapped her arms around him and wept against his chest, thanking him again and again for saving her life.
She was a really talented actress, Daphne thought.
The doctor removed her headphones and smiled at Daphne. “The boy feels better about himself already.”
“But is it wise to lead him on like that?” Daphne asked. “A broken heart might make him worse.”
“Cameron, would you leave us, please?”
Cam nodded and left the room. Daphne felt less comfortable now that she was alone with the doctor.
“I want you to see something,” Dr. Gray said. She went to the desk and pressed the lighted button on her dashboard. After a few moments, she pressed another. Then she pointed to the same screen they had just been watching, only, this time, it was Cam with Bridget. “This was filmed last summer, Cam’s first day here with us.”
Bridget lay on her towel on the bluff in the same pink bikini twirling a strand of grass between her fingers. Cam stretched out on another towel. Unlike Giovanni, Cam was sunbathing, too. He looked thinner back then and was as white as a sheet.
“This feels nice,” Cam said. “Thanks for bringing me to this spot.”
“Isn’t this the best?” Bridget asked in a dreamy voice.
“If you mean being here with you, then yes,” he said, making Daphne want to gag.
How corny, she thought.
“What’s your story, anyway?” Bridget asked. “I was just told that you’re going through rehab.”
“That’s all there is to it,” Cam replied.
“But why drugs? What draws you to them?” Bridget pressed. She rolled onto her side and propped up her head with one hand, looking down at Cam. “You’re so beautiful, you know that? How could someone so beautiful contaminate himself?”
Daphne could see Cam’s jaw muscles flexing as he gritted his teeth.
“Just wanted to have fun,” Cam said. “I was dumb, that’s all.”
“I don’t believe you. There’s more to you than that. I can tell.”
Cam sat up and looked up and down her beautiful body.
“Has anyone ever told you how much you resemble the young Carrie Fisher?” he asked.
“Who?” Bridget asked.
So she wasn’t a Star Wars fan, Daphne thought.
“You know. Princess Lea?” Cam explained.
Bridget held up one hand and gave the Vulcan greeting from Star Trek. “Live long and prosper.”
Cam slapped his forehead. “Now I know we could never be together.”
Bridget laughed and playfully shoved him. “So you use humor to mask your true feelings,” she said, a little too casually, Daphne thought.
“What do you want from me?” Cam asked with a half-laugh. “Blood?”
“I’ll leave
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