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them and wanted to donate them to some kind of music charity. Evan helped her donate money in your dad’s memory, but he also made sure the house was paid for, our trusts were in place, and that we could live a comfortable life for a while without mom having to stress out over working.”
    “ Yeah, but she did anyways,” I complained.
    Truth is, I had no idea how much money was put away. The way my mom worked, the way she talked about how important it was for her to move up some fugitive corporate ladder, you’d think there was nothing left.
    “ Is that his son?” I asked, nodding my head in the direction of the Hummer, wanting to know anything about him – anything that could explain the effect he had on me.
    “ Yeah, that’s Draven with him…he has a twin, Aden,” she answered, tilting her head as if she hoped saying the names would spark some kind of recognition, but I was still clueless.
    “ They’re identical?” I asked, not understanding how there could be two boys in this town that looked that perfect.
    “ Almost. Aden has dimples that only show when he smiles…It’s hard to believe you don’t remember them,” Kara said.
    “ Draven,” I repeated quietly, knowing for sure that I’d never met him.
    The whispers repeated the name with me, then I realized they weren’t saying ‘Raven’ before; they were saying ‘Draven’. I didn’t know what to think then – they knew him – they were acting strange around him, becoming quiet and then loud again. My head began to spin. I didn’t know if that was bad or good. I wanted it to be good, but that wouldn’t make any sense…then again, the silence they had around Britain and Bianca didn’t either.
    Kara nodded. “At least you noticed him,” she said, looking down at her menu. The whispers began to say our names over and over at the same time.
    I blushed, but I tried to make it look like the red was caused by anger by holding a stern expression.
    “ They were sitting right there,” I said, furrowing my eyebrows, trying to deny the emotion he had brought out in me.
    She looked up. “Right,” she said, glancing over her shoulder at mom before checking her phone.
    Mom looked like she was explaining something to Draven’s dad, Evan. He was nodding along. Draven had his left arm draped across the steering wheel as he leaned toward the passenger seat, listening to them talk.
    I had this overwhelming fear that she was telling them that she was hiding me away from some boy. That I had crossed a line, and that was why I was back here. Draven glanced over his arm through the window at me. I felt the air leave my lungs. I tightened my jaw and shook my head ‘No’ once. I think, unconsciously, I was trying to tell him not to listen to what my mom may or may not be saying about me. It wasn’t that I was trying to play some game, have Britain in New York and a summer flame in Salem; I just hated that my mom thought that what was between me and Britain was more than it was.
    The waitress came back, and Kara ordered for us. When the waitress walked away, I glanced out the window again to find my mom and Evan Michaels laughing. I think seeing her that way was more captivating than discovering that Draven Michaels existed.
    “ Where do they live – here in Salem?” I asked, tilting my head in the direction of the Hummer.
    Kara folded her arms across the table and leaned toward me and pursed her lips as if she were deciding how to shape her words. She then let out a breath and said, “They do now…Evan travels a lot to the UK, that’s where he’s from – when you were eleven, they started staying in the UK for longer periods of time. The only family they have here was Evan’s mother-in-law. You should remember their house when you see it – you spent almost every day there – you call it your castle.”
    “ Eleven – I’d remember them if I was that old,” I said, furrowing my eyebrows.
    “ You should remember,” Kara answered, looking over