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There are times in your life when you feel like you’ve just reached the top of the roller coaster, and suddenly the track falls out from underneath you.
“Wh-what?” I’m sure my face went either completely white or completely red. Either way he had to know he’d caught me.
Daniel didn’t bother repeating his question. He knew I’d heard it. He just waited and watched me die.
“Uhhh, like Halli said—our families don’t really get along.”
“Which families?” he asked.
“You know, her . . .” I had to think fast. She’d told the three of them that I wasn’t related through Ginny’s side. That meant Halli and I had to have a common grandparent on . . . my father’s side? I couldn’t think it through as completely as I wanted to. Daniel was still watching, waiting for my answer.
“Halli’s father hates
