The Daughters Break the Rules by Joanna Philbin

Author:Joanna Philbin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: JUV013000
ISBN: 9780316123204
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2010-11-01T22:00:00+00:00

What r u doing l8r?

A jolt rocked her chest. So he wasn’t over her, apparently.

Smthg with u , she boldly wrote back, and hit Send.

He wrote her back in under a minute.

Dinner 2nite. Serendipity. 8.

Her stomach did another free fall. She wrote back.

Can’t wait.

chapter 17

She was standing over the two outfits on her bed, trying to decide which one to wear on her date with Carter, when the intercom buzzed on the wall of her bedroom.

“Ava Elting on her way up!” came Otto’s voice through the speaker. He didn’t talk very often, but when he did it was always more of a scream.

“Okay!” she yelled at the intercom, and turned back to the bed to scrutinize the clothes. She’d narrowed her choices down to the sexy black dress that she’d worn to the last Chadwick dance, and the more casual, less high-stakes option of yellow cashmere V-neck and jeans.

She held the black dress up to her and checked herself out in front of the full-length mirror on her closet door. Since being cut off, she hadn’t worn anything dressier than a nice top and jeans, and now the dress looked weirdly formal to her. Was it too formal? And had Carter been at the dance and possibly seen her in this? She went to her MacBook Air on the bed and was just about to iChat with Hudson about it when she saw that she had a new e-mail. From Laetitia Dunn.

She clicked on the message.

To: Chamonix Peeps

From: TishD

Hey!!! Just wanted to let everyone know I’ve booked us all into the Ritz-Carlton for the night of December 26th since Carter’s place won’t be ready for us yet… We’ll each have a junior suite, unless you’re Anton and need more room for your clothes (LOL!)… It’s all on my Amex so people PLEEEASE pony up the cash ASAP… Thanks! LD

Carina reached for her stress ball. The Ritz-Carlton? That hadn’t been part of the plan. There was no way she was going to be able to afford that.

The intercom buzzed again. “Your friend is here!” Otto called out.

“Coming!” she yelled. The last thing on earth she felt like dealing with now was Ava. But she just needed to get this dumb tasting over with. She pulled on the yellow cashmere top and jeans and ran down the stairs.

Ava stood in the hall, staring intently at the Andy Warhol soup can. Her burgundy J Brand cords were so tight that they looked painted on, and her hair was swept back in a series of knots behind a jeweled headband.

“Um, is that real?” she asked, pointing at the painting.

“I think so,” Carina said.

“Huh, that’s cool,” she said, downplaying her disbelief with a haughty toss of her curls. “So, I don’t have a lot of time. I guess we should get started?”

“Fine with me,” Carina said. “Everything’s in here.” She led her into the dining room.

Ava glanced quickly at the Michelangelo-inspired painted ceiling, the gigantic crystal chandelier, and the twenty-seat table, but didn’t say anything.

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