Code Name Cassandra (1-800-Where-R-You, #2)

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Code Name Cassandra (1-800-Where-R-You, #2) (1-800-Where-R-You #2)

by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)

4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 · rating details · 7,123 ratings · 154 reviews

"Help me find my little girl."

Jess Mastriani — dubbed "Lightning Girl" by the press when, after a huge storm, she develops a psychic ability to find missing children — has lost her miraculous powers. Or has she? She would like the media and the government to think so. All Jess wants is to be left alone, by everyone except sexy Rob Wilkins — who still hasn't called, by the...more

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Published September 1st 2001 by Simon Pulse

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Apr 15, 2011 Karen Keyte rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jessica Mastriani, feisty heroine of When Lightning Strikes, is back and as cranky as ever in this second installment of the 1-800-Where-R-You series. After being struck by lightning during a freak April storm Jess developed a decidedly odd psychic power. If she looks at a picture of a missing person before she goes to bed, Jess wakes up knowing where that person is now. Exactly where he or she is. Every time. Unfortunately for Jess, having a freaky mutant power isn't all sunshine and roses. Esp...more Jessica Mastriani, feisty heroine of When Lightning Strikes, is back and as cranky as ever in this second installment of the 1-800-Where-R-You series. After being struck by lightning during a freak April storm Jess developed a decidedly odd psychic power. If she looks at a picture of a missing person before she goes to bed, Jess wakes up knowing where that person is now. Exactly where he or she is. Every time. Unfortunately for Jess, having a freaky mutant power isn't all sunshine and roses. Especially when the Feds, specifically the FBI and the U.S. Army, convinced her to let them 'study' her. One daring raid on a military base later (complete with a blown-up helicopter), Jess has decided that working with the Feds is not for her. She has informed all and sundry representatives of the U.S. government and the news media that her new-found psychic power has left as suddenly as it came and, even though the Feds obviously don't believe her, they've backed off a bit.

All of which leaves Jess free to work as a counselor to a bunch of musical prodigies at Camp Wawasee. Jess figures a summer on a lake in northern Indiana is just what the doctor would order, you know, if the doctor knew she still had her freaky powers. A little sun, a lot of music, a cabin full of twelve-year-old girls eager to have their hair braided, what could go wrong? Alas, because Jess obviously has the worst luck in the world, the answer is 'everything.'

First of all, a fellow counselor comes down with mono and Jess is asked to move in with a cabin full of twelve-year-old boys, no hair braiding skills required. They're paying her, so of course she's going to say yes, which means she's stuck with the eight little terrors. As if managing her pack of wild dogs, er.. boys, wasn't bad enough, a distraught father shows up at Wawasee and asks Jess to help him find his missing five-year-old daughter. Jess wants to help, but first she has to find a way to do that without giving away the fact that she still has her powers. This isn't going to be easy, but that's the story of Jess's life.

Although this book is the series, enough back story is given so that a reader who picks this one up first isn't going to be lost. As with When Lightning Strikes, Code Name Cassandra is lifted above the mainstream of Y.A. fiction by Meg Cabot's stellar storytelling and the snappy dialogue. Lots of fun!(less)

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Apr 13, 2011 Lisa at Adventures of 2.0 rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Code Name Cassandra was a decent sequel to When Lightening Strikes. The plot moved from Jess and Beth’s home town to the camp, which I liked. It was different and we got to see Jess in a new environment as well as learning that music was very important to her. The kids were (all except one) sweet and amusing, adding another element to the story which could have just laid flat and been exceptionally boring, the teen goes to summer camp thing has been done a lot before. I am starting to really lik...more

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Jul 30, 2011 Michelle. Tsunami. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Aug 13, 2010 Dromeda rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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3.5 STARS

Jessica Mastriani has two choices: spend her summer working the steam table at one of her family's restaurants or work as a Counselor at an Orchestra Camp for gifted children. Jess chooses the camp. But her fantasy of girly gossip and French braiding sessions is shattered when she is reassigned to a cabin full of rowdy boys--one of whom is the camp bully. And, as icing to the cake, an anxious father appears at her camp desperate for Jess to use her 'gift' to locate his kidnapped five-ye...more 3.5 STARS

Jessica Mastriani has two choices: spend her summer working the steam table at one of her family's restaurants or work as a Counselor at an Orchestra Camp for gifted children. Jess chooses the camp. But her fantasy of girly gossip and French braiding sessions is shattered when she is reassigned to a cabin full of rowdy boys--one of whom is the camp bully. And, as icing to the cake, an anxious father appears at her camp desperate for Jess to use her 'gift' to locate his kidnapped five-year-old daughter, Keely. If that wasn't enough to spoil Jess's summer, one of her campers goes missing and she may've broken off more than she could chew when one of Keely's abductors decides he wants revenge.

CODENAME CASSANDRA was an enjoyable book and another quick, fun read. However, I had two issues with the story (and series in general so far). First issue: all authority figures are portrayed as incompetent, bumbling fools; especially the pair of FBI agents assigned to follow Jess. If this is supposed to be a running joke, it's a tired, stereotypical one. Second issue: Jess's black-and-white view that all missing children either want to be found or they don't--no room for middle ground. This is a knee-jerk reaction to the fact a young boy she found with her powers was actually in hiding from an abusive parent. Now Jess seems to be operating under the assumption that all custodial parents are scumbags with power and money and judge in their pocket until proven otherwise. She won't locate a missing child unless she knows for certain that child *wants* to be found. However, she isn't taking into account instances of children being abducted in infancy who may have little or no memory of their real parents. Should Jess refuse to find that child because they cling to their kidnappers who are the only parents they've known? What about children who have been manipulated or brainwashed into believing they were abducted for their 'own good'. Or children who have been threatened with bodily harm (or harm to their families) if they reveal their true identity? I hope this black-and-white view is challenged somewhere later in the series.

A note about the Kindle edition: there are far, far fewer conversion errors than in the first book of the series. The errors that are there could've been caught and corrected if the publishers would just send backlist conversions to a proofreader.
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Aug 11, 2012 Leilane rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Como não ler sem parar; impossível! Devorei mesmo! A Jess é ótima! O sarcasmo sem limites dela deixa a história sensacional. E o Rob, ah Rob, vc é perfeito para Jess msm pq os conflitos internos dela em relação a vc são as partes mais histéricas do livro, te adoro tb! Amei, amei, amei. Não vejo a hora de ler os próximos pena q provavelmente vou ter que esperar no mínimo uns 3 anos (e olha q estou sendo otimista) até o último ser lançado, já que a Record está lançando um a cada ano. Não tenho int...more

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Oct 30, 2010 Angelia Fransisca Rusli rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jess has been lying that she has lost her power. Apparently, the FEDs don't believe her & keep spying on her. Even when she goes to summer camp for musically gifted children.

Seems like the FEDs aren't the only people who don't believe her, 12-year-old Shane is too sharp & seems to not believe her. With many people asking for her help to find their missing children, she has to smartly think of a way to go undercover.

This second book is as good as the first one, When Lightning Strikes. You...more

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Sep 03, 2011 cho0kette rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Dans ce tome, nous retrouvons Jessica qui s'apprête à passer l'été dans une colonie de vacances en tant que monitrice. Sa meilleure amie Ruth est également de la partie. Les enfants à gérer ne vont pas être de tout repos, certains ayant vraiment un sale caractère et un comportement plutôt limite.

A la fin du premier tome, elle avait fait croire aux agents spéciaux que son don s'était évaporé, elle ne peut plus agir comme avant sous peine d'être prise sur le fait, et personne ne sait ce qu'il se p...more

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Apr 11, 2012 Hayley Arens rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book almost had terrible sequel syndrome. I still enjoyed it, but I felt like the plot was basically When Lightning strikes in reverse. We have a skanky, alcoholic mom instead of an abusive, dead beat dad.

I did love the camp. Especially the, um, kids Jess looks after. Oh, sweet baby Lionel.

I really laughed at the Un-do-able, do-able and hottie scale.

I have found myself looking at guys the way Jess sees them in these books, Haha. "That guy is totally my soulmate and he doesn't even know i...more

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Apr 04, 2009 Stacey rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This series must have been written early in Meg Cabot's career, as it was written under a different name. This second addition to the series was a fun sequel to the first, and Jess is spending 6 weeks of her summer as a music camp counselor. She has tried to tell the press and the government that she has lost her "gift" of finding missing children, and then helping the center for missing children annonymously. When a frantic father shows up at the camp begging Jess to help him find his 5 year ol...more

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Jan 13, 2011 Kayla rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Meg Cabot has made me fall in love with yet another one of her books. Taking up just after book one, When Lightning Strikes, lets off, Code Name Cassandra reintroduces the cast of characters. This time, it’s summer, and Jess is looking forward to weeks of french-braiding little girls’ hair, lounging by the pool, and hanging out with her best friend, Ruth.

Of course, for a girl who can figure out where lost children are when she falls asleep, things don’t always go exactly according to plan.

I love...more

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Feb 07, 2011 Paige rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Once again, it's Ruth's fault. That's how Jess explains her actions when she takes a summer job at Camp Wawasee as a counselor with Ruth. Jess somewhat tries to convince herself that 6 weeks away will do some good, for her and her family.

But it goes South almost immediately when she is reassigned to a boys cabin to cover a sick counselor. Now, she's in charge of 8 surely boys. Of course she finds the trouble maker instantly. Mullet boy, or Shane as she later finds out, is the king of all young j...more Once again, it's Ruth's fault. That's how Jess explains her actions when she takes a summer job at Camp Wawasee as a counselor with Ruth. Jess somewhat tries to convince herself that 6 weeks away will do some good, for her and her family.

But it goes South almost immediately when she is reassigned to a boys cabin to cover a sick counselor. Now, she's in charge of 8 surely boys. Of course she finds the trouble maker instantly. Mullet boy, or Shane as she later finds out, is the king of all young jerks. She's constantly getting on to him for causing trouble and picking on small Lionel. (Lee-oh-nell)

If dealing with Shane wasn't trouble enough, a distraught father begs Jess for her help in finding his daughter, Keely. Not having much of a choice once the picture is shoved under her nose, Jess finds her the next morning. However, Jess has learned her lesson and is determined to make sure Keely wants to be found.

So guess who she call? Yep, Rob finally makes her appearance! Driving 4 hours just to pick her up, Rob and she make a trip and find Keely. It's clear up front that the care her mother is giving her is not sufficient. As Jess is trying to lead the girl to Rob's bike the crazy drunk step-father attacks them. Just escaping, Rob takes them to a McDonald's where she calls Keely's father.

While waiting, Jess confronts the white van that has been following them. Our favorite Special Agents are back and determined to prove Jess lied and still has her powers.

Going back to camp, Rob and Jess see multiple police and ambulances line the camp's front. Barging in, Jess learns Shane has drowned. Hitting Jess hard she is determined it isn't true, that he just ran off.

Making things worst, Keely's mother's husband, Clay Larson, is after Jess and is potentially dangerous.

Choosing not to care, she refuses to leave with Rob, risking their 'relationship' when he leaves angrily. Learning of Shane's whereabouts without going to sleep, it appears her powers are growing. Giving the feds the slip she, Ruth, and fellow counselors' Dave and Scott help her track him to some caves. Climbing in after Shane she finds him where he calls her out on being a liar about losing her powers. Claiming his stunt was to prove it.

While down there, Mr. Larson traps them and attacks. Barely escaping, Shane and Jess are taken to the infirmary where she and Rob make up.

Book ends with her and Ruth finally getting to relax on tubes in the river.(less)

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Nov 07, 2009 Astoria Malfoy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Book 2 in the series is good.
Jess lied to everyone at the end of book 1, but Agent Smith and Johnson are still tailing her.
Jess is working at summer music camp, and Rob is back home. So I like their non relationship.
Rob is the guy who tries to stay away but when she calls he is there.Always there.
Jess does not want to make the same mistakes and she does not want the Feds to find out the truth, so she needs to make sure of 2 things.
1> that the little girl who is missing wants to be rescue, and...more

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Feb 18, 2010 Tammy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Jess, who by the way is an awesome flute player, is a camp counselor at orchestra camp. She has these great visions of braiding the hair of her young charges while they talk about boys, tell ghost stories, and eat popcorn. Except for how she ends up with a cabin of boys. Naturally she bonds with the worst little brat because he's just like her, which is one of her lessons for the book. Another one is that she can't ignore people in need, like the guy who tracks her to the camp refusing to believ...more

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Oct 17, 2007 Laurel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: friends

This book is a tenn book and is the sequel to When Lighting Strikes. By telling a reporter that she lost her physic abilities to find missing people, Jessica thought she got thr FBI off her back, but it just made them follow her everywhere. She still has secret packages from Roesmary (the person from 1-800-WHERERU that Jessica always tell the adresses of missing childrens to)about missing kids that wants to be found. Durung the camp, one of the conselors asked her if she could find his daughter...more

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Oct 22, 2010 melissa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In this book, Jess goes to be a councilor at bank camp with her best friend. One of her campers disappears, and she needs to track them down, with the FBI watching her every move. (she has told them she no longer has her powers, but they don’t believe her, so are trying to prove it)

I have to be honest. I struggled through the first book in this series. It seemed to take me forever to read. So much so it took me a lot longer then it should have to get to this book. But. I am a Cabot fan (how coul...more

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Dec 12, 2012 Deanna rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, read-2012, other-paranormal-beings-and-things, reviewed

I much preferred this book to the first one in the series. I liked the boys in Jess's cabin (I thought they were adorable), and I liked the setting and storyline as a whole much better than the first book. Again, I found myself really disliking Jess's best friend (I can't for the life of me remember her name, that's probably saying something). I thought it was interesting to see the way Jess dealt with her powers and the way they were changing. Again, kind of still meh about this whole series. I...more

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Nov 07, 2012 Linda rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jess Mastriani is trying to keep a low profile the summer after she was struck by lightning and developed psychic powers. She has a job as a camp counselor at a camp for musically gifted kids with her best friend. Despite her wish to be left alone, a distraught father tracks her down and pleads with her to help him find his kidnapped daughter. Jess has no idea of the danger that lurks outside the campgrounds when she sets out to reunite the girl with her father. This series is entertaining but a...more

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Sep 28, 2009 Megan rated it 4 of 5 stars

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You know what's cool? Jess's ability to seemingly act without fear. And her ability to instantly come up with snappy comebacks to bullying sorts without having to think about them first. Most of the time, the only time I can instantly come up with snappy comebacks is when it is extremely inappropriate to do so and then I have to keep them to myself, wistfully thinking of how much I wish I could use the beautiful zinger sitting in my brain.

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Mar 10, 2013 Gina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I give the story 4 stars. It was a fun, quick, easy read.

However..the dialog. Dios mios. It reads like an adult trying to sound like a teenager. It can be hard to overlook at times. Also, she uses the phrase "on account of" all the time. All the time. this might just be me...but..the only other time I've ever heard that used is by Wally Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver. I found it annoying. So for style...a 2 or 2.5.

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Jan 04, 2013 Dani rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The first book (When lightning strikes) pulled me into this nice series but the second didn't impress me right away. It started out really boring and slow, with all the music camp events and whatnot. I didn't get into the book until a third done. Once I got interested, it was pretty good. Definitely not as strong as the first book but still fun and sweet. The music camp wasn't really elaborated on later that much so I was kind of disappointed, because I did want to read about music camp. Overall...more

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Aug 05, 2011 T. M. rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Second in a series.

Jess can't seem to run away from her nickname - 'Lightning Girl'. She's spending the summer working at a camp for gifted kids with her best friend, Ruth.

Everything's going well until the father of a missing girl shows up. Suddenly her secret's out.

A quick YA read with a strong female lead. Written in first person POV.

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Mar 25, 2009 Kat added it · review of another edition

I luved this book. Meg Cabot has a great writing style the rlly alows u to bound with all of her charecters. However I sometimes grow tired of her girls that all have the same personalty, they all seem to be ruff tuff. Thought this makes it intrusting to read at first there comes a piont in were u grow tired of it. She needs to expand her herizons and creat new personaltys for her charecters.

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Oct 26, 2010 Kaye rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Second in the series. In this adventure Jess (who was stuck by lightening and now knows locations of missing children) is a camp counselor for the summer. Of course a father seeks her to find his missing child. But the more fun is that she gets put in charge of a boys cabin and tries to keep them in line. Of course her motorcycle riding boyfriend shows up to help too. Light read. No big surprises, but I can see why my daughter enjoys Cabots writing. I liked the Mediator series better by Cabot, b...more

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Aug 03, 2009 Ariana rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Aug 09, 2008 Jenie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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2.5 to 3 stars. Cabot originally wrote this as Jenny Carroll, and with good reason - it's an edgier read with more grit than her Princess Diaries and Mediator series. Her heroine, Jess, cusses, spends a lot of time in detention, and just generally likes life a little close to the edge. Jess isn't a bad girl, but she has a few bad habits. The books are obviously geared toward teens who find the Princess books a little young and want their fiction a little spicier than the Mediator books.

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Aug 25, 2011 Liza rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This could have gone really wrong. In this second 1-800-Where-R-You book, the main character gets involved with the military and the government. It could have been disastrous, but Cabot pulled it off pretty well. As a sequel, I was left wanting more instead of lamenting the fact that a sequel existed. Now I just need to track down the others in the series.

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Mar 12, 2010 Diana rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, young-adult

I love this series and actually read the first four in less than three weeks. (Would have been quicker if I didn't need to wait for a ride to the book store.) It's probably my favorite of Meg Cabot's work, but this one I don't know. The story is awesome and all that but something just bugged me.
That something was most likely the fact that Jess is working at a Summer camp with a bunch of kids. That did not appeal to me, I know that makes me sound bad like I'm anti-kid or something, (just for the...more

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Nov 21, 2012 Zuzana rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I gave the first book in the series a 3 start rating, and continued with this one only because I had them both borrowed from the library, and I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed this book! I liked Jess's tomboyish character from the beginning but the first book wasn't half as gripping as this one. I'm definitely going to go on and get the rest of the books.

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Aug 30, 2012 Karla rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

LOL. Again Jessica Mastriani made me laugh and plunged me into action scenes when she rescued Shane and Keely. I love Shane that little annoying thing. I'm gripped by Rob and Jess' love. I have a lot to love in this book. So I'll definitely gonna read the next installment. Fun read. Must read especially if you're a Cabot fan :)

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Jun 06, 2012 NS rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Hilarious, as expected. Though the main plot is smaller, the story drags on because of the tit-bits and witty thoughts Jess keeps intercepting in between, which is what makes the book such a funny read. It is a book that can be read cover to cover in half a day. Perfect for a lazy summer!

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A pseudonym of Meg Cabot, under which she wrote the first 4 1-800-Where-R-You books (When Lightning Strikes, Code Name Cassandra, Safe House, and Sanctuary) and the first 4 Mediator books (Shadowland, Ninth Key, Reunion, and Darkest Hour). These 8 books have been re-released under her her real name.

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“Didn't your mother ever tell you," Rob asked, "that you're supposed to play hard to get?"
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