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Lithia looked at Alex for a moment, assesing him. That smile . . . It looked too sincere to be on his face. Most of his smiles were menancing . . . So the fact that he looked so sincere made her suspicious. She looked at Nicky out of the corner of her eye and indiscretly tapped him twice on the wrist with two fingers. It was their silent single that she wanted to know his thoughts on a subject without alerting anybody else.

Nicholas let his eyes inconscpiciously glance over Alex, using his equally as calculating mind to judge the situation. Alex seemed sincere . . . Which meant he was probably up to something. He thought about it and came to a descion. He tapped Lithia's wrist back with three fingers, the signal for no.

Confident with Nicky's confirmation of her own thoughts, Lithia said, "Not now Alex. I have to go find Alerie some new clothes."
She turned to Alerie and said, "When you're done eating, Nicholas and I will pick out something nice for you to wear. Won't we Nicky?"

He nodded in agreement.