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  It could be said that Lohri enjoyed the casino party, despite feeling at her core that something was missing. The next day, she left Roxy’s dorm with confirmed plans to meet again in the second week of the month.

  Interestingly, while checking her bags, Lohri found a note from her twin with the date of the beginning of May, unable to contain her curiosity, she opened the note and was extremely confused by the content of the message. He informed that their deceased uncle was a spy and that she shouldn’t trust their parents. Great. Her twin was nowhere to be found again, which was already becoming commonplace so she wasn’t worried as he still sent updates on his status, meaning, he was fine and safe.

  But what was written in the note, that was news, their parents were always discreet, since when they moved from Thailand to Washington and then to Portland. Neither commented on what happened in Korea involving their uncle. Her mother was always affectionate and her father, despite being somewhat absent, compensated in other aspects of fatherhood. He was an ambassador so Lohri understood his absence, but she never had any reason to be suspicious. Until that moment.

  Nevertheless, she took the first plane and went home to Portland. She didn’t comment to her parents about the events that had taken place at Gallagher during the semester as usual, but they seemed tense as if they knew what had happened, making her even more paranoid. In one of her conversations with Roxy, she decided to anticipate her trip to her friend’s house because she was feeling like she would end up confronting her parents.

  That being the third summer she spent with Roxy, Lohri had already given up on contesting her friend’s exaggeration in always picking her up personally with a helicopter and private jet. She was happy as long as she was around her friend.

  And Roxy knew better than anyone how to distract Lohri. For starters, the blonde’s family was very pleasant, at least when she was there. Even if she wasn’t hungry, someone was always offering a snack. She took Lobo with her and the cat felt at home. They went horseback riding, took yoga classes, had an actual pool party with some of Roxy’s modeling friends and did a lot of shopping. The short boat trip was postponed until the third week when Sage would join them.

  After Sage joined them, they tripled the fun. During a bucket list conversation months ago, Lohri told her roommate that she knew someone who could make Sage’s wish of driving a Maserati down a Italian shore come true, Roxanne wouldn’t mind offering some of her cars so that the other could drive. They had sleepovers with lots of movies and gossips. The short boat ride was so much fun that Lohri ran out of polaroids during the whole thing.

  In the last week she felt as if the month had lasted a semester and she would give anything to make it last an entire semester. Roxy’s parents had a business dinner one of the last few days and everyone was invited, Lohri could see some familiar faces from Gallagher there, which reminded her that Berlin was about to happen and she was also excited about it.