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Brooke opened the note and read it She maintained her calm demeanor "How do you feel about this?"

I narrowed s check-in? Why don’t you tell me what you think about it?"

"Well, Mara, I think it’s sohed without humor "Yes, clearly"

Adam raised his hand Brooke turned to him "Yes, Adam?"

"What’s it say?"

"I see you," I said "It says ‘I see you’"

"And what do you think about that, Mara?" Brooke asked

If Phoebe wasn’t going to admit to it, I would call her out and let the chips fall as they "

"Why would you think that?"

"Perhaps because she is batshit crazy, Brooke"

Jamie slow-clapped

"Jamie," Brooke said cal Mara for her extraordinarily appropriate use of the terrew annoyed "Do you have anything you’d like to share, Jamie?"

"No, that pretty much covers it"

"My elbow hurts," Adam chimed in

"Why’d you write it, Phoebe?" I asked

She looked as squirrely as ever "I didn’t write it"

"I don’t believe you," I said

"I didn’t write it!" she shouted Then she dropped to the floor and began rocking back and forth

Fantastic I rubbed my hand over my face as Brooke moved over to the wall and pressed a button I’d never noticed before Phoebe was still rocking on the floor, but when Brooke’s back was turned, she glared at me

Then smiled

"You little shit," I whispered under , Mara?"

I narrowed my eyes at Phoebe, who had covered her ears now Ponytail Patrick had appeared and was trying to coax Phoebe up off of the carpet

"She’s faking it," I said, still staring at her

Brooke glanced down at Phoebe, but I could tell she didn’t believe me She looked up at the clock "Well, we don’t have much time left anyway Patrick," she asked him, "will you take Phoebe back to Dr Kells?" And then in a lowered voice, added, "I can page Wayne if you think she needs to relax"

And look at that Phoebe was off the floor Magic