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"I just didn’t recognize hiued "He looked so different, and acted so different The last tirown, like, four inches, and about a er then, and he justhe wasn’t like he is now Not at all"

"So you knew hihed "I was the reason he was arrested"

"Wait" Noel held up a hand, shaking his head "He told us he’d served time for rape and murder"

"Yeah" I sniffed and wiped at hteen Our faether, that was it End of story"

Aspen shook her head, slowly "How is that even reet six years for statutory rape when you tere so close in age? I’ve heard of guys barely getting a slap on the hand for it, but never six years"

"And where did the murder part co back in ed myself "Look, I don’t know ot to see him one last time before the sheriff arrived and took him away But I assuet him to confess to a forcible rape, because that’s what the idiot did, which gave him four years And then, a feeeks before he was due to be released, he killed two men on the inside I assume it was self-defense, because he’s not a murderer I don’t kno he only ended up with two years for that I just know he’s out now, and I have no idea how it happened, because he was supposed to have over twenty years left"

"Wow," Aspenme all this?"

"I didn’t kno to tell you"

After blinking a fewout a breath, she nodded "It’s okay I haven’t exactly told you everything about uilt crossed her face before she blurted, "I was Noel’s teacher"

My e I was his English professor He was my student"

"But" I shook my head "How is that possible? Are you even older than hih, Aspen blushed "The point is, I understand your silence We both needed er secrets on each other"

Boy, was she right