'Too bad she copies your beauty but not your character,' her mother had once told me, after bringing Emily home drunk as a skunk. Not to mention her bad grades at school... She had flunked that year and I knew her father had enrolled her in a special class to make up for the lost year. That's why she wasn't with Grace. I decided to change the subject. "Good thing you came. The rooms upstairs are locked and I don't know where to go," I explained. "I know. The maid was just telling me that it was Jake's birthday yesterday and he had a party, taking advantage of his father's absence, who banned them after yet another f**k-up he and his brother Easton had. The servants locked our rooms yesterday afternoon to avoid intruders. She has already given me the keys to

