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look at Claudia. After that, she looked around the playroom, frantically searching for the person she now knew was missing. “M-M-Mommy?”
    â€œMommy had to go run an errand,” Natalie said. “She’ll be back soon.”
    As soon as Natalie said those words, Bonnie’s lower lip started to tremble. “No Mommy?” She ran out of the playroom, screaming at the top of her lungs. “MOMMMMEEEEEE!!!!!”
    â€œThat was the right thing to say,” Claudia stated sarcastically.
    â€œHow was I supposed to know she would freak out?”
    Natalie hurried out of the playroom and found Bonnie struggling to open the front door.
    â€œDon’t cry, Bonnie,” she begged, wrapping her arms around her and moving her away from the door. “Mommy will be back soon.”
    â€œMOMMMEEEEEEEE!!!” Bonnie wailed, tears streaming down her face. “I WANT MY MOMMEEE!!!!”
    Bonnie broke free of Natalie’s hold and began jumping up and down, stomping on the floor, screaming at the top of her lungs. She was having a full-force temper tantrum.
    Claudia pressed her hand over her ears. “Sorry, Nat, but I told you I don’t do rug rats. That screaming is driving me crazy. I’m gone!”
    And with those final words, Claudia grabbed her coat and hurried out the front door, leaving Natalie all alone.
    Eden’s eyes were red and swollen.
    She had been crying in her bedroom for the last half hour after getting a text message from Keith telling her that he was breaking up with her.
    A text message!
    He didn’t even have the guts to break up with her in person. How cold could a guy get?
    After her last class, Eden had waited by Keith’s locker but he never showed up. She wanted to talk to him about what was going on between them. Correction. She wanted to talk about what was not going on between them. And who was the girl she had seen him with at lunch? He owed her at least that much, didn’t he?
    After waiting forty-five minutes for Keith, Eden finally gave up and came home. But the entire time, she had been wondering where he was and it had driven her crazy. Because all she could think about was that girl. What did she have that Eden didn’t? What made her so special that Keith wanted to be with her instead?
    Seconds after she walked through the front door, she had gotten Keith’s text.
    She still didn’t understand why he was breaking up with her.
    All his text message had said was: IT’S OVER.
    Eden reached across her bed for another tissue to blow her nose. As she did, the doorbell rang. Eden’s heart began pounding. Could it be Keith? Was he having second thoughts? Maybe he was coming over to apologize and ask her to take him back. If that were true, what would she do?
    If Chase had done this to Claudia, she knew exactly what Claudia would do. She would make Chase grovel before taking him back.
    But she wasn’t Claudia and she didn’t like playing games.
    If Keith wanted her to take him back, she would!
    Eden raced down the front staircase and flung open the front door. When she saw who was standing on the porch, the smile on her face disappeared.
    It was Claudia.
    The last person she wanted to see.
    What was she doing here? She was supposed to be spending the afternoon with Natalie. Now she was going to have to tell her what had happened.
    Claudia instantly noticed her blotchy face and tears.
    â€œWhat’s wrong?” she asked as she walked inside. “Why are you crying?”
    â€œKeith broke up with me,” she sniffed.
    Back in her bedroom, Eden told Claudia the entire story. When she was finished, Claudia had a stern look on her face.
    â€œYou can’t let him get away with this!”
    Eden knew that Claudia was all about getting even and settling the score, making sure no one took advantage of her. But that wasn’t Eden. It took too much time and energy to hold a grudge. She tried to treat people the way