“We can’t stop,” I hear myself say, the lie rising fully formed to my lips. How many lies have I told by now? Too many to count. But the only way I managed to rope Caz into this whole arrangement in the first place was by making it about his career; now it’s also the only way to keep him here. “Because … because we still need to do an interview together.” Caz draws back. “An interview? I don’t remember you mentioning it.” “I must’ve forgotten,” I tell him, hoping he can’t hear the waver in my breath. “But it’s with this huge media company, and I already promised Sarah Diaz we’d be available.
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