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"Please don’t do this," I said, ood idea"

Her eyes flared "It’s an a idea You said so yourself"

I closedto be calm "It’s just not safe I know you want tocould happen"

Bella squared her shoulders "I’ to say what I came here to say But thank you for your input" With one lance, she disappeared around the nose of the van

Dios I’d been dismissed How utterly fa at a distance, watching for trouble and thinking of all the ways it could all go wrong

Over at Bella’s mission control center, the crowd of models around the van had swelled considerably Each of the than the last They were all wearing the type of full-on aht be able to enjoy the show

Bella sat inside the rental van, ai a pair of binoculars into the Beta Rho tent where the anniversary party was held When the football ga into the stadium I watched them walk pasta few too uys were the drunkest of the lot I wasn’t sure whether thatplan

Please let this work, I kept saying towith God was always an effective strategy for success And if things went bad, the phone jammed into my pocket was the only weapon I had

There was only one saving grace -- Beta Rho was a football frat And since Bella intended to pull off her stunt during halftiood portion of the current membership would be in the locker roo

After the Beta Rho tent had emptied and I’d heard the crowd in the stadiuot busy They lined up the tall wo ti her phone, probably keeping an eye on the ga from inside the stadiua rolls of fabric from the back of the van Each roll was mounted on poles They were obviously banners of son Each banner was assigned to a pair of undy-colored file folders to each of the reirls With animated hand motions, she explained what to do And then she explained it again

I couldn’t decide if I was more worried that Bella’s plan would fail, or more worried that it would succeed If it failed, she’d be crushed If it succeeded, she’d be in danger My stoirls shed their sweatpants, revealing tiny little shorts underneath Then Lianne passed out Beta Rho baseball caps, which they donned Finally, all the woan walking toward the stadiued to reach Bella "Hey," I said "Good luck in there"

When she turned her face to mine, there was a soft expression on it "Thank you"

I couldn’t help myself I leaned in and kissed her cheek "Please don’t take any chances If this goes bad, just get the hell away"

"Okay" Her eyes dipped, then et ’em"

Bella held up a hand "Hold up I need to make a call" She yanked her phone out of her pocket and dialed "Grahaet yourself soood view of sections six and seven That’s where all the Beta Rho guys are sitting together And bring a video camera" There was a pause "I can’t tell you why But theout papers over there, start filain "I know I’et over there, okay? You’ll get a great story out of it And if anything goes wrong, I need that on video, too"

My stoave another lurch

She stowed her phone and clapped her hands "Okay Let’s go!"

I followed fourteen of the h the stadium arches An usher ripped my ticket, and I was inside But where to stand?