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"Rafe?"

I froze at the sound of Alison’s voice

"Rafe? Can I talk to you?"

Bella’s eyes danced "Aw, she wants to apologize Are you going to let her?"

"No," I said, loudly enough for Alison to hear "I’m supposed to be at work in five ave me a wink, hitched her backpack onto a shoulder and walked ahich was frustrating because I hadn’t apologized to her properly yet

Alison stepped into my space "We need to talk"

"No, we really don’t," I said

"Yes we do There’s so I need to explain"

Seriously? "Did you cheat?" I asked "Because that’s really the only relevant fact"

Her eyes filled with tears, and she did not deny it

"I thought so" Stepping around her, I headed to the dining hall

That eveninghall was closed by the tiht a sandith eight bucks that I didn’t really have

Eating at y speech for Bella I really didn’t o so far, I’d tell her But I think you’re great, and I hope we can hang out some time

It all sounded really aard Because the situation was really aard And there was just no getting around it Anything nice I said to her noas going to sound suspicious Like a blatant plea to strip her naked and do it again

That’s what you get for shooting first and asking questions later So to speak But there were things I needed to say, and I’d need to say theot late I didn’t want to knock on Bella’s door after ten o’clock So I waited until the next evening, but she didn’t answer hbor’s door was ajar I felt ht when Lianne Chalice had heardto Bella froain