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Amanda, you finally decided to answer the phone," her mom exclaimed after picking up at the first ring. "Where've you been, what've you been up to?""Mom, do you remember when I was a kid, I had a friend, he was a Personification of the Sydney Tar Ponds, sort of my imaginary friend?" Mandy asked."No, what in the name of god are you on about?" her mom sighed in exasperation."Remember? Only I could see him, but he was real and he was my best friend when I was eighteen?" Mandy insisted."No, I don't remember Alecto Sydney Steele at all," said her mom all too quickly. book-quoteinvisiblemotherrememberWhat does... mean?"Rider blinked and his lips slowly parted. Surprise splashed across his face. Yeah, I'd spoken in front of Hector. I felt sort of giddy. Might've only been a handful of words, but it was the first time I spoke to him. It was the first time I'd spoken to anyone in front of Rider since we crossed paths again. He'd never been around when Jayden had.Biting down on my lip to stop from grinning, I dared a peek at Hector.His light green eyes were wide, then he smiled broadly. "Means, uh, baby girl.""Oh," I whispered, feeling my cheeks heat. That was kind of nice."It also means something he doesn't need to be calling you," Rider added, and my gaze darted back to him.Hector chuckled, and when I glanced at him, he was grinning. One arm was flung over the back of his seat. "My bad," he murmured, but nothing about the way he looked suggested he felt any guilt.My lips twitched into a small grin.Rider cocked his head to the side. "Uh-huh. book-quotetalkmallory-dodgerider-stark