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H. K. O'HARA
“So, if a really good person throws you off their friends list because
you send them a birthday card, then what does a really not-so-good person do—start a war?”
“Please let it go, Temma. He has a huge battle going on inside himself right now, and I’m totally drained. Although, on his behalf, I will
say that even with all that inner-chaos, he was kind, gentle, and sincere.
Beneath the battle is a peaceful, loving soul, and he’s trying very hard
to be who he really is.”
“K, he’s an iron fist wearing a velvet glove. He’s sneaky, crude, and
disgustingly arrogant. And unless you’re on his list of valuable people—
which is quite small—as far as he’s concerned, you’re just another bothersome nobody taking up space and breathing in air that should be reserved for him. He would love for people to believe he’s a saint, but
he’s not. You should read what I’ve read. He doesn’t care who he hurts,
who he knocks down, or who—”
“Temma, please—”
“Don’t be fooled by him, K. When he’s standing in the spotlight, he
smiles at the world. But as soon as that spotlight goes off, he’s a different person. Geez, the guy insults his own fans! And there’s a lot of other
stuff too, mostly his obsession with—”
“It’s just gossip, Temma. And gossip destroys lives, so let’s not become part of it, okay? Please, just let it go.”
Temma looked at her in disbelief, but K was K—she formed her own
opinions based on her own perception of things, no one else’s. “Okay,”
she said half-heartedly, getting into the car, “for you, I’ll try—but it
might take me a hundred years . . . Are we supposed to go somewhere?
Binnie didn’t tell me anything except to pick you up at the top of the
wooden stairs.”
K closed her eyes for a few seconds, then opened them. “The resort.
Near the entrance. It’s about ten miles down the road.”
Temma, who was used to K closing her eyes and gathering information, didn’t say another word. She just drove. As soon as they turned
into the resort, a tall, beautiful man—wearing a black suit—stepped out
from the trees.
