"You've been spending too much time with Jason," I mumbled.

But even Jason's influence couldn't quite explain how Morgan was acting. I was still basically clueless about whatever weird shit had been happening since last night, but obviously things had gone very wrong in Muldoon, and I had a feeling they were going to get worse. Yet Morgan was still laughing as if everything was perfectly normal and we'd just been out drinking together.

"Can't be because of Jason," she said, now catching her breath from laughing and settling into the passenger seat. "I broke it off with him last night. He definitely wasn't happy about it. I've been avoiding him. Sorry I didn't back you up just now. Really, Ash. I'm sorry. I just didn't want him to see me in the car after everything." She slapped my arm with the back of her hand. "But that was crazy awesome what you just did! He's such an ass hole! I bet he crapped his pants when you broke through that roadblock. I mean, he should totally have to pay if you have to fix anything on your car. I bet you could even get him fired, after all that pervy stuff he said to you."

Morgan put her head in her hands. I could see by the dashboard lights that her hair was unbrushed, and that she was still wearing the same clothes she'd worn last night.

We were quite the pair. She looked like she'd just woken up too.

"I'm still so hung over," she groaned, then she forced herself to straighten up. "So are you gonna tell me, or what?" she asked suddenly. "What happened to you last night? I was worried."

I'd been hoping that it would be Morgan who could help me answer this question.

I had no idea how much she knew, but I wasn't quite ready to tell her that I'd completely blacked out and woke up in a room at the Starlight.

"You first," I said. At least having Morgan in the car would help take my mind off worrying about Haley while I drove home. Now that I was recovering from her weird prank, I was actually feeling incredibly glad to see her. "How'd it go with you and Bryce Fancy-Ass Tripp?" I asked.

"Me?" Morgan sounded genuinely surprised. "I couldn't even get him to notice me," she said. "Not after we got to the bar, anyway. You were the one he couldn't take his eyes off."

"I doubt that," I said. "So I guess you didn't get to see the inside of his bus?"

"Seriously? You were the one who disappeared with him. You should have seen how worried Ian got before he went out looking for you." Morgan let out a little laugh. "But after how you were dancing with him, I gotta say. I've been telling you all this time to think about leaving Shawn, but I kinda thought maybe you were finally going for it. And, I mean, Bryce Tripp's not a bad a way to do it."

She glanced over at me.

"Well, you know me." I shrugged. "I'm the good kid. You said it last night. I couldn't do something like that to Shawn."

I kept my eyes on the road. I could feel Morgan staring at me.

"Okay," she said. "So, then, what did you do after we split up? I was looking for you. I was worried, Ash."

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