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I clear my throat as he helps me to my feet. "So, I was thinking. Maybe I can take a leave of absence—-"
"What for?"
"I think Gloom's lonely."
Lorenzo only looks pointedly at his dog, whose tail is happily wagging at the moment.
"Kidding!"
I force myself to laugh, and Lorenzo looks at me like I've lost my mind.
Someone please turn back time.
Please!
Lorenzo glances at his watch. "Time to go. We don't want you to be late on your first day back."
I scowl and try dragging my feet, but I'm no match for his strength, and Lorenzo eventually manages to get me into the backseat of his SUV.
Grrr.
Lorenzo looks at me curiously. "Are you sulking?"
"You're going to miss me, you know," I warn him darkly.
"I won't."
Okay, now, he's just being plain cruel—-
"If you're in school, I'll be there, too."
Or maybe he's just misinformed.
"I wish that's true, but our college has a strict no-visitors policy."
"I know."
"And it won't matter if you're the Beast of New York either," I stress. " You can be Godzilla and King Kong's love child—-"
Lorenzo chokes at this.
"But it still wouldn't matter—-"
"I know."
I open my mouth to tell him that not even Giancarlo was able to bend the rules, but Lorenzo beats me to speaking.
"I forgot to tell you," he murmurs. "I bought your school."
I start to laugh but end up choking when I realize he's serious.
"For real?"
Lorenzo only stares at me.
"You're really not joking?"
"You haven't heard? Monsters don't have a sense of humor."
