The Swallows by Lisa Lutz

Author:Lisa Lutz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2019-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

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I was impressed by the restraint the editors showed by not having another pimps ’n’ hos party. It was practically a Stonebridge tradition. The editors decided to bypass Halloween altogether and have a black-tie soirée.

There wasn’t even a keg. Only hard alcohol, wine, and a few six-packs of beer, for the philistines, as Adam would say. Some people even drank out of real glasses. The usual suspects—the Ten—plus another ten or twenty to keep it interesting were in attendance. Freshmen and sophomores worked as unpaid labor, bribed by the promise of future club membership or the delusional belief that they were climbing another rung in the social hierarchy. It was a thankless job for those underclassman butlers and maids. I would have set them straight if I didn’t have other priorities.

Most of the boys were just in regular suits, but Adam and Mick went full throttle. Mick wore a tux and Adam had on some ridiculous waistcoat with tails.

“Look at you, Gemma, all dolled up,” Adam said.

“Look at you, Adam,” I said.

I couldn’t decide if Adam looked more manservant, symphony conductor, or penguin, but I so appreciated his whimsy in a room full of dicks in well-tailored designer suits that I refrained from insulting him.

Emelia ignored New Nick for the first thirty minutes or so of the party. She chatted with Westlake, believing she was playing the game with cold, hard calculation.

Tegan and Jack, as usual, pretended like they didn’t know each other, even though they probably just screwed an hour before. Rachel Rose and Mick Devlin disappeared for a few minutes and returned. I sat on the filthy couch and let a freshman whom Westlake called Jeeves refill my drink.

Mel had just sent two emphatic, yet vague, texts. I was looking at the screen when Adam sat down next to me.

Mel: Oh my God.

Mel: Oh my fucking God.

Gemma: ??????

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