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Lucky’s is crazy busy, but it doesn’t keep my mind off the fact that I pushed Brinley out of her own apartment. She hasn’t been home in two nights. It’s now Sunday, and as all the patrons watch football on the TVs, I’m left wondering where she went and how many people in this bar might know exactly what happened.
It took me a few days to realize that in Lake Starlight, people know you or things about you even if you don’t know them. It took a couple more to figure out part of the reason why—the BuzzWheel app that keeps everyone in town in everyone’s business.
A woman approached me and said, “So you’re Brinley Kelly’s new roommate, huh?” When I answered yes, she proceeded to look me up and down and said, “Where did they find you? You’ll get her out of her hole, that’s for sure.”
