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house. They had to blast into the side of the mountain just to build it.”
    “It does sound impressive,” Nate admitted, “but I don’t know where it is or if I’m invited.”
    Marissa scoffed this time. “Everyone’s invited, Nate. We’ll pick you up. Jen has your number, right?”
    Before Nate could even answer, Marissa jogged off, trying to make it across campus before the bell rang.
    “I’d better get going,” Jennie said to Nate. “I’ll call you later.” Once everyone had gone their own way, Nate took a second to check his phone for texts or messages. He winced. Celeste had been trying to reach him since yesterday and he knew if he didn’t call back soon she would show up at school to get his attention.
    Her latest text read: Meet me at home right after school .
    It was time to face his supervisor. Now all he could hope was that she could see past his failures to acknowledge his progress so far.

Chapter 6
    Nate lived on the first floor of an older apartment complex about two miles from school. Even though his birth certificate showed him as eighteen years old, a façade had been created to make it look as if he lived with his Aunt Celeste. People seemed to ask fewer questions that way, especially at the high school.
    As with everything else in Nate’s life, there were rules about his apartment. No one was allowed to stay past midnight. No one could borrow his belongings. They weren’t really his anyway. In the past few hundred years he’d come to see them as props, stuff that added to the validity of the role he was playing. The things lying around his house were just more reminders that everything in his life was temporary. He was here only until his job was complete, and he’d been told it would be sometime in early March. Still, he’d done a few things to personalize the place, including hanging some of the photographs that he had taken when he worked with a photographer in Europe. He’d enjoyed that job, both the kid he’d protected and the photography.
    Just as he poured himself a bowl of cereal as an afternoon snack, the doorbell rang. He groaned inwardly as he crossed the small room and approached the door. He opened it to find Celeste standing on the doorstep, her hands on her hips and a scowl firmly planted on her face.
    “Celeste,” he began, trying to stay upbeat. “It’s so good to see you.”
    She made a noise that sounded a lot like a snort and pushed her way past him. Her observant light brown eyes made a quick sweep of the room, taking note of the framed photography. She tisked but didn’t say anything to Nate directly. She already knew Nate was infamous for his inability to follow the rules.
    No evidence of past jobs, that was the rule. While his devotion to the ones he protected was enduring, it ensured that his cases had to be chosen carefully for him. An unpredictable angel could cause a lot of problems for people on earth.
    Celeste settled herself on the shabby grey couch in the cramped living room and let out an exasperated sigh so big that Nate could actually hear it all the way across the room. He decided to get right to it.
    “I know, I hit her with my car. Well, I mean I hit her car with my car and then I sent you the bill for the repairs.” Celeste still didn’t say anything. Instead she glared at him with such intensity anyone would feel guilty even if he wasn’t.
    “That was really bad, huh?” Nate picked up the uncomfortable slack in the conversation. “But on the up side, she invited me to a party this weekend, so I am well on my way…” Nate’s rambling trailed off. Celeste ran her fingers impatiently through her thick wavy hair.
    “Enough,” she bellowed. “Do you really think I’m mad about the car accident?”
    Nate wasn’t sure what to say so he nodded no, suddenly feeling much smaller than his 6’ 3” frame.
    “That’s right,” she went on, “You touched Jennie and you were specifically told not to touch her.”
    For the first time