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whenever the topic comes up Garret changes the subject, like he did just now.  

    We get to Mr. Kensington’s apartment midmorning. It’s on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, which Garret says is the rich, fancy part of town. A doorman greets us in the lobby. Well, he greets Garret. He doesn’t seem that interested in me. They spend a few minutes talking before we head upstairs.
    The apartment has an open floor plan with the kitchen and living room all together in one space. It has a very masculine feel, decorated with dark wood furniture, a black leather couch, and leather chairs. The kitchen cabinets are a dark brown, almost black color, and are surrounded by stainless steel appliances.  
    Garret takes me down the hall and shows me two bedrooms, one big and one small.
    “Do you and Lilly share a room when you come here?” I ask him.
    “This isn’t really a family apartment. It’s just for my dad when he’s here for work. Sometimes Katherine stays here, but she prefers to stay in a hotel where she has people waiting on her. The second bedroom was for me. My dad thought the two of us would have father-son weekends in the city. Go to a ball game or a museum. But that never happened. As you can tell, we’re not exactly close.”
    Knowing that Katherine was the reason for that only makes me hate her more. Garret and his dad would actually get along if it weren’t for her. And Garret probably wouldn’t have drank away his teen years.
    “This place is smaller than I thought it would be,” I say as we walk back to the living room.  
    “My dad doesn’t need much space. He’s not here that much. Besides, Manhattan real estate costs a fortune. This place was $5 million and that was 7 years ago.”
    I almost choke when he says it. “Dollars? Five million dollars?”
    “That’s normal for this neighborhood.” He picks up a remote control on the living room table and clicks a button that opens the blinds on the windows.  
    “That’s a lot of money. That’s gotta be more than your house cost.”
    “Uh. No. The house cost a lot more than that.” He sets the remote down and goes into the kitchen.
    I’m not sure how much “a lot more” is and I don’t ask. I can’t even comprehend numbers that big. And to think that they have five more houses and two more apartments. Where do they get all this money?

CHAPTER FIVE
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    “Do you want some water or a soda?” Garret opens the large stainless steel refrigerator which is stocked with food and drinks.
    “Why do you have all that stuff in there? Did your dad stay here recently?”
    “I had it stocked for us. We have a service where you just order what you want and they stock the apartment for you. Not just food, but anything. Do you need anything? Because I can call them right now.”
    “No, I don’t need anything.” I take a soda from the fridge. “Why did you hire people to buy this stuff? Couldn’t we just go buy it ourselves?”
    “We could, but why waste time doing that when we could just use the service?”
    “Garret, I think you’ve been around your family too much. You’re starting to act like them.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “Making people get you stuff. Having your fridge stocked instead of buying your own groceries. I thought you didn’t like that.”
    “Don’t worry about it.” He takes the soda from my hand and sets it on the granite-topped counter behind me. He steps closer until I’m backed up against the counter, then puts his lips to mine.  
    I pull back. “Garret, I’m serious. Is this the type of life you want? Having people wait on you all the time?” I turn my head so he can’t kiss me again.
    “It’s just a stocked fridge. It’s not that big a deal. And there aren’t any grocery stores nearby. Just little corner stores. And if we find one of those we have to carry bags of groceries and cases of soda down the street. It’s not as easy to get stuff here as it is back home.”
    “I guess I didn’t think about