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I feel a twinge of regret, like maybe I should care if he gets robbed. But then I harden myself against the little plume of care that starts to rise in me. There is no way I'm feeling sorry for Dutch Cross tonight.

I start to walk to my bathroom when I freeze.

An insidious fear sneaks into my heart.

I stare at the door with a sense of foreboding. I was too distracted by Dutch to pay much attention, but I’m pretty sure…

I didn’t have to turn the key to get into the house.

The front door was open tonight.

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Jinx: Humpty Dumpty Had A Great Fall

It’s sad when the mighty take a big tumble, but our former head of the Pompoms truly sank low tonight. When the royal family turns their backs, it’s sure to sting.

But the real kicker is not who Prince Charming turned away from. It’s who he turned to.

And he wasn’t the only one.

Sources say that Solar System and New Girl were seen getting cozy on the back step tonight. Prince Charming better hold tight to his Cinderella before she shoots for the stars instead of the throne.

Until the next post, keep your enemies close and your secrets even closer.

- Jinx

CHAPTERSIXTEEN

DUTCH

What the hell is wrong with me?

I’m screwing some chick.

In a damn boat.

In the middle of a lake.

And yet there are only two thoughts crawling through my head.

One isthis is taking way too long.

The other…

Not going there.

It’s been weeks since I’ve gotten laid.Weeks.It honestly surprised me when I realized just how long it had been. I haven’t even touched a chick since that day with Cadence and the piano in the theatre…

Hell.

Maybe I’m out of practice. Or maybe I’m not much of a sex-on-a-boat guy. Or maybe this squirming, naked girl with her mouth currently open and screaming my name isn’t doing jack for me because she’s not the squirming, naked girl I want.

The chick grabs my neck and rakes her fingers through my hair.

It feels good, but it’s fleeting and then I’m bored again. It doesn’t take long before my head is a million miles away.

I flip her over.

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