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“Damn right.”

Sadie’s phone buzzed a couple of times in her back pocket. Maybe the SuperWatch app with new Hero or Villain sightings.

Nope. Her stomach clenched at three texts from Ferret Guy.

Hey I know its last minute but can u watch my babies for a week or two

Tomoro

Prob not longer than two weeks

“Unbelievable,” Sadie muttered.

“What?”

She showed Nyah the texts. “Remember the guy who asked me to pet-sit his three ferrets for a week and it ended up being a month? While he went on vacation with another woman right after we stopped seeing each other?”

“The ferrets who shit all over your apartment?”

“And got into literallyeverything.”

“Oh hell no.” Nyah shook her head.

“Yeah, hard no.” Sadie swiped on her screen. “Delete.”

“Don’t give in when he asks again. Which he will.”

“Uh, considering he still owes me for the carpet cleaning he was ‘totally gonna pay for’?” She jammed her phone in her pocket. “I know I’m a pushover, but I don’t forget easily. Especially when I have to shell out money I don’t really have for something like that.”

He’d fooled her once with buttering her up about watching the ferrets that were admittedly cute. When he’d posted photos on the beach with some tall brunette hottiefor a monthand then conveniently never returned texts about paying for the carpet cleaning, it was shame on Sadie.

Ugh. Why did people have to suck?

Flight circled overhead, then continued east toward the river. “You know what would be a great superpower to have?” Sadie mused. “The ability to tell when someone’s lying.”

“That’d be a blessing and a curse,” Nyah said.

“The positives would totally outweigh the negatives. It’d save a lot of time and energy if I could weed out the liars.”

“That’s the superpower you’d want the most?”

“I think so. Flying looks pretty cool, though.”

Ny pulled her hood over her head and held it against her cheeks. “I’d want invisibility. I could creep around, play tricks on people, listen in on everyone’s conversations.”

“You want to be Hide?” Sadie made a face.

“I wouldn’t go full Supervillain. Just sneak up on people for fun.”

“I bet he sneaks up on everyone.”

Nyah looked around, then raised her eyebrows. “Maybe he’s here right now.”

“Stop,” Sadie said, and shivered. “That’s scary to think about.”

“It’s probably another blessing and a curse. I’d learn shit I don’t want to know.”

“True.”