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I hesitated Pick hadn’t wanted her to know and unnecessarily scare her But er, we could avoid it And besides, I did feel as if I owed her some kind of explanation

"He said so threats on your locker at work"

Her eyebrows crinkled before she shook her head "No" she said slowly "I haven’t gotten a single note left on my locker"

"That’s because they’ve always been intercepted by other people first And those people have always brought theh, she shook her head "That’s ridiculous No one’s threatened et your protective instincts going It’s bullshit, Knox"

"He showed et yours, bitch,’ and ‘Don’t sleep too heavily tonight’ One described your car and an outfit you wore Soed herself But just as quickly she frowned "I still call bullshit"

"Why do you think at least one guy alalks you to your car every night, why someone usually follows you back to the break room?"

With a snort, she rolled her eyes "Because I ith the overly protective big brother type? I don’t know"

"Because Pick’s told them to," I corrected "You can’t tellunusual these past fewat Forbidden Prank phone calls Proble had recently happened to her car But then she scowled "My car’s a piece of shit It never works right And everyone gets hang-ups now and again I assure you, nothing has struck " She lifted her eyebrows "And that includes you"

I watched her, worry growing inside ht be worse than if she’d just been blissfully unaware Now she ht purposely put herself into a sketchy situation just to prove no one was after her

"Don’t do anything stupid," I said "Just keep it safe"

Narrowing her eyes, she lare "Well, aren’t you just the pot calling the kettle black"