Chapter 114.1 – "The Morning After"
The mansion was silent.
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Suspiciously silent.
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The kind of silence that comes after a disaster.
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And inside the girls' room—
nine women simultaneously regretted every life decision they had made the previous night.
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8:17 AM
Care opened one eye.
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Immediately regretted it.
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Because sunlight existed.
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Why?
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Who allowed sunlight?
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Her head felt like somebody had replaced her brain with a construction site.
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She groaned.
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Very dramatically.
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And rolled over.
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Only to discover JJ sleeping halfway on top of her.
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"..."
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Care pushed her.
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Nothing happened.
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JJ didn't move.
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JJ
Five minutes later—
JJ finally opened her eyes.
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"...why am I alive?"
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Nobody answered.
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Because nobody knew.
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Lyra
Lyra sat up.
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Then immediately laid back down.
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"No."
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Aera nodded.
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"Valid."
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The Memory Returns
Then—
the memories started returning.
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Slowly.
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One.
By.
One.
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JJ blinked.
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Wait.
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The club.
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The dancing.
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The singing.
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The proposal.
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Silence
JJ froze.
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Absolutely froze.
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Then slowly turned toward Care.
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Care was already looking at her.
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Horrified.
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The exact same realization.
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At the exact same time.
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The Proposal
"..."
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"..."
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"You proposed."
Care whispered.
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"You accepted."
JJ whispered back.
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Both screamed.
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Into their pillows.
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Immediately.
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The Chaos Awakens
The screams woke everyone.
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Freya sat upright.
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"WHAT HAPPENED."
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Honey pointed dramatically.
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"YOU MARRIED ME."
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Freya blinked.
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"...what?"
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"You proposed."
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Freya looked horrified.
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"I WHAT."
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Another Victim
Across the room—
Aera suddenly remembered.
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Her eyes widened.
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Very slowly.
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Then she looked toward Lyra.
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"...my queen."
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Lyra threw a pillow at her.
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Immediately.
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Direct hit.
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The Living Room
Downstairs—
the boys were peacefully eating breakfast.
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A rare moment.
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A precious moment.
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Then they heard screaming.
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Keifer looked up.
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"Oh."
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Cole sighed.
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"They remembered."
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Alex nodded.
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"They remembered."
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Nobody needed clarification.
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The Evidence
Then Percy appeared.
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Holding his phone.
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And smiling.
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Dangerously.
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"Good morning."
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Every boy became suspicious.
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The Video
Percy opened the video.
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The one Aera had sent.
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The one nobody had deleted.
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The one containing evidence.
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Lots of evidence.
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Disaster
The girls entered the dining room.
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And immediately saw the boys watching.
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Watching.
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The video.
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On full volume.
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JJ
Video JJ:
> "CARE MARRY ME."
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Current JJ:
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"DELETE IT."
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Immediately.
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Care
Video Care:
> "I THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK."
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Current Care:
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"DIE."
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Immediately.
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Keifer
Keifer was laughing so hard he couldn't breathe.
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Which became a mistake.
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Because JJ remembered another memory.
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A dangerous memory.
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Realization
Her eyes widened.
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Slowly.
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Very slowly.
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Then she pointed.
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At Keifer.
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"Oh no."
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Keifer stopped laughing.
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Immediately.
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The Confession
"I told you I loved you."
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Silence.
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The table froze.
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Keifer smiled.
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Very slowly.
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"Oh yes."
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"No."
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"Oh yes."
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Care's Problem
Meanwhile—
Care was remembering something else.
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Something worse.
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Far worse.
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Something involving:
Cole.
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And a punch.
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She slowly turned.
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Cole was drinking coffee.
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Looking far too calm.
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The CEO
"...did I punch you?"
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Cole nodded.
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"Twice."
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Silence.
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Everyone exploded.
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Ten minutes later—
the entire mansion was laughing.
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The girls were dying from embarrassment.
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The boys were never letting them forget this.
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Especially not the proposals.
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Especially not the videos.
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And absolutely not the fact that nine intelligent women had collectively decided marriage proposals were a good idea.
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Meanwhile—
Care and JJ made eye contact.
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A silent agreement.
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They would destroy every phone in this mansion.
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Every single one.
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Starting with Percy's.
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The girls woke up with one goal.
One mission.
One purpose.
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Destroy.
Every.
Single.
Video.
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Because absolutely nobody needed proof of what happened during Girls Night.
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Especially not the proposal epidemic.
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Especially not Care walking into a wall.
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Especially not JJ proposing marriage.
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The evidence had to disappear.
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Immediately.
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Emergency Meeting
Location:
Girls' room.
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Members present:
JJ.
Aera.
Freya.
Lyra.
Care.
Honey.
Mica.
Rakhi.
Ella.
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JJ stood on a chair.
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Which was already concerning.
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"We have a mission."
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Care sighed.
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"Why are you standing on furniture?"
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"Leadership."
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Fair enough.
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The Targets
Aera wrote on a whiteboard.
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TARGET ONE:
Percy.
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TARGET TWO:
Keifer.
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TARGET THREE:
Cole.
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The room became silent.
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Everyone stared at the third name.
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Because everyone knew.
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That was the difficult one.
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Phase One
Victim:
Percy.
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Difficulty:
Easy.
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Percy was asleep on the sofa.
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Phone beside him.
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Like a fool.
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Five minutes later—
phone acquired.
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Videos deleted.
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Mission successful.
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Percy woke up later.
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Completely unaware.
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Phase Two
Victim:
Keifer.
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Difficulty:
Medium.
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Keifer immediately became suspicious.
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Because JJ approached him smiling.
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And JJ smiling usually meant danger.
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"Future husband."
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"No."
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"You don't even know what I want."
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"I know enough."
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The Attempt
JJ climbed onto the sofa beside him.
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Then onto his lap.
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Then around his shoulders.
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Then somehow upside down.
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Nobody understood how.
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Not even JJ.
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Keifer sighed.
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"What do you want?"
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"Your phone."
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"No."
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"Darn."
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Betrayal
Five minutes later—
JJ stole it anyway.
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With help from Aera.
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And three distractions.
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Keifer discovered this.
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Far too late.
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Videos deleted.
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Mission successful.
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Final Boss
Then came:
Cole Watson.
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The room fell silent.
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Because this wasn't a man.
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This was a security system disguised as a CEO.
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The Confrontation
Cole was sitting in the library.
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Working.
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Coffee beside him.
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Peaceful.
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Then the girls entered.
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Like a criminal organization.
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Cole looked up once.
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Then immediately knew.
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"No."
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Care hadn't even spoken yet.
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The Phone
Care walked over.
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Held out her hand.
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"Give me the phone."
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"No."
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"Give me the phone."
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"No."
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"Give me the phone."
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"No."
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The Reminder
Cole took a sip of coffee.
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Calmly.
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"You punched me yesterday."
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Care crossed her arms.
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"Irrelevant."
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The entire room exploded laughing.
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Even Cole smiled.
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Security Level
Aera finally got hold of the phone.
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Victory.
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Or so she thought.
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She opened it.
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Face ID failed.
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Fingerprint failed.
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Password required.
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Another password.
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Then another.
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Then a security question.
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Then a second authentication.
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Then a timer.
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Silence.
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Aera looked horrified.
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"What is this?"
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Cole answered calmly.
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"Security."
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"THIS IS A GOVERNMENT FACILITY."
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The Defeat
Thirty minutes later—
the girls admitted defeat.
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Nobody was getting into that phone.
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Nobody.
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Not even Alex.
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Not even Rhys.
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Possibly not even God.
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New Mission
The operation failed.
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So naturally—
JJ and Aera created a new one.
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A far more dangerous one.
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Operation:
DOES CARE LIKE COLE?
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Members:
JJ.
Aera.
Freya.
Lyra.
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Brain cells:
Limited.
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Evidence Collection
JJ opened a notebook.
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Aera opened another notebook.
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Freya brought snacks.
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Lyra questioned her life choices.
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Evidence #1
JJ pointed dramatically.
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"Care checked her phone."
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Aera immediately wrote it down.
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"EVIDENCE."
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Lyra:
"Everyone checks their phone."
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Ignored.
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Evidence #2
Freya gasped.
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"Cole checked his phone."
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JJ nearly dropped her pen.
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"OH MY GOD."
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Aera wrote furiously.
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"EVIDENCE."
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Lyra rubbed her temples.
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Evidence #3
The girls watched Care and Cole in the living room.
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Care breathed.
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Cole breathed.
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Silence.
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JJ slowly looked at Aera.
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Aera slowly looked at JJ.
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Both nodded.
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At the same time.
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Conclusion
Aera wrote in giant letters:
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THEY'RE IN LOVE.
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Freya signed it.
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JJ signed it.
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Lyra refused.
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They signed for her anyway.
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Meanwhile
Across the room—
Care was reading.
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Cole was working.
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Neither knew they were being investigated.
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Neither knew a conspiracy board existed upstairs.
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Neither knew they had already been declared in love.
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By four idiots.
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And one unwilling participant.
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Later that evening—
Care entered her room.
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And found the whiteboard.
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The giant words:
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CARE ❤️ COLE
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With arrows.
Charts.
Evidence.
Graphs.
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One graph literally said:
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> Both own phones.
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Care stared.
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For a very long time.
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Then calmly asked:
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"Who made this?"
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Everyone immediately pointed at everyone else.
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And somewhere downstairs—
Cole sneezed.
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Completely unaware he had just become the subject of the most ridiculous investigation in human history.
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The university campus was peaceful.
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Birds were chirping.
Students were attending lectures.
Professors were teaching.
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Everything was normal.
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Until Mark Keifer Watson saw a boy standing next to JJ.
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Then normality died.
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The Crime
The boy was harmless.
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Very harmless.
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Second-year student.
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Nervous.
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Holding notes.
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Actually asking JJ about an assignment.
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That was it.
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Nothing else.
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Absolutely nothing else.
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Unfortunately—
Keifer Watson existed.
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The Observation
From across the courtyard—
Keifer stopped walking.
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Completely stopped.
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Yuri walked into him.
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THUD.
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"What happened?"
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Keifer pointed.
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Silently.
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Dangerously.
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Yuri followed his gaze.
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Saw JJ.
Saw the boy.
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Then sighed.
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"Oh no."
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The Analysis
The boy was smiling.
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JJ was smiling too.
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Normal human interaction.
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Completely innocent.
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Keifer disagreed.
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Strongly.
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The Walk
Without another word—
he started walking.
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Toward them.
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Not fast.
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Not slow.
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Just purposeful.
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The kind of walk that made CEOs nervous.
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And apparently random college students too.
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JJ
JJ noticed him first.
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"Oh."
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Then immediately recognized the expression.
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And almost laughed.
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Because she knew that look.
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That was the look.
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The Watson look.
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The possessive look.
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The "who is this and why is he breathing near you" look.
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The Boy
Poor boy.
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Poor innocent boy.
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He turned.
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Saw Keifer approaching.
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And immediately looked like he wanted to transfer universities.
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Arrival
Keifer stopped beside JJ.
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Close.
Very close.
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Then casually wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
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The message was clear.
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Extremely clear.
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Crystal clear.
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JJ almost burst out laughing.
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The Introduction
The boy awkwardly smiled.
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"H-hi."
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Keifer smiled too.
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Which somehow made things worse.
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"Hello."
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Silence.
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The boy looked terrified.
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JJ Suffers
JJ was now fighting for her life.
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Not because of danger.
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Because she was trying not to laugh.
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The Fiancée Card
Then the boy made the mistake.
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"Oh, are you her boyfriend?"
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Silence.
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JJ closed her eyes.
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Because she already knew.
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She already knew exactly what was coming.
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Keifer Watson
The smile became smug.
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Very smug.
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"Fiancé."
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The boy froze.
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JJ froze.
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Three passing students froze.
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A pigeon froze.
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The entire atmosphere froze.
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Critical Damage
The poor student looked between them.
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Then at the ring.
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Then back at Keifer.
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Then back at JJ.
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Then immediately gathered his notes.
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"Okay thank you bye."
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And disappeared.
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Literally disappeared.
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Nobody knew where he went.
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JJ
The second he left—
JJ punched Keifer's arm.
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"What was that?"
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"What?"
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"You scared him."
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"I introduced myself."
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"YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE ABOUT TO BUY THE UNIVERSITY."
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Keifer looked thoughtful.
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"I could."
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JJ groaned.
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Dinner
That night—
everyone gathered around the mansion dining table.
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Which was a mistake.
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Because somehow the story had spread.
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Very fast.
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Percy Begins
Percy cleared his throat dramatically.
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"We need to discuss today's incident."
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Keifer immediately knew.
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And regretted sitting down.
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The Reenactment
Aera stood up.
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Immediately.
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She loved this story.
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Far too much.
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She began acting.
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"This is JJ."
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She pointed at Honey.
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Honey looked confused but accepted her fate.
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Then Aera pointed at Freya.
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"This is random student."
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Freya looked offended.
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The Watson
Then Aera transformed.
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Straightened her posture.
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Folded her arms.
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And stared dramatically into the distance.
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"Fiancé."
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The table exploded.
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Absolutely exploded.
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JJ Dies
JJ buried her face in her hands.
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"No."
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"YES."
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Aera continued.
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"FIANCÉ."
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Percy nearly fell off his chair laughing.
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Cole's Contribution
Even Cole looked amused.
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A rare sight.
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A very rare sight.
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Then he calmly added:
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"The student looked like he saw a ghost."
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The entire table died again.
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The Worst Part
Then Care betrayed JJ.
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Her own roommate.
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Her own friend.
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She looked at Keifer and asked:
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"How long were you staring before walking over?"
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Silence.
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Keifer looked away.
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Immediately.
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Everyone gasped.
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Because that was an answer.
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Final Blow
JJ pointed dramatically.
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"You were jealous."
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"No."
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"You were."
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"No."
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"You absolutely were."
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"No."
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Everyone:
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"YES."
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For the next twenty minutes—
the mansion collectively bullied Keifer.
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Relentlessly.
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Mercilessly.
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Until finally—
JJ leaned against him laughing.
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And Keifer sighed.
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Because honestly?
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Maybe he had been jealous.
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Just a little.
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A very tiny amount.
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An amount roughly equal to the size of a continent.
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But nobody needed to know that.
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Unfortunately—
everyone already did.
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