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Chapter 8

Max belatedly realized his sister had said something to him. “Er…what was that, Renata?”

“Honestly, Max, you were miles away. I hope you weren’t thinking about work on your time off.”

Max felt his face flame. “I was just…”

His mother leaned forward, brandishing her fork. “Were you daydreaming about someone, young man?”

“Mom!”

Ariana put a hand to her face. “He was! Max is interested in someone.”

“Who is it?” Sophia asked. “Is it serious? How long have you known him?”

Max wanted to shove away from the table and head for the front door. “For Pete’s sake, it’s nobody.”

“Nobody we know, you mean.” Mom nodded in a way that had the hairs on Max’s nape bristling. “Did you meet him at work?”

“I mean I haven’t met anybody. I don’t have time to meet anybody. I was just thinking about…something else.”