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Lexi and Cass were staring attheir eyes froain Ally had her arms crossed and satisfied amusement shone from her every pore

Roht voice, "You okay?"

I nodded but kept raspedour fellow students to e behaviour towards the quiet Brit

"Get your purse, Shakespeare We’re leavin’"

I reached forand tried to keep up with his pace as he storainst the wall, leaving a shell-shocked Shelly stood alone in rage

We pounded along the pave to keep up "Ro to keep e truck and he pulled the passenger side open

"Get in," he ordered aggressively

I jumped on the seat and he slammed the door shut Roine Hard h the speakers and he spun his wheels as we shot out of the car park I didn’t knohat to say--I’d never seen anyone so livid

After two songs featuring an awful lot of druan to relax his white-knuckled grip on the steering wheel "Sure you’re okay?" he asked in a strained voice

"Yes A little embarrassed, but I’m fine"

"How dare she speak to you like that? She’s such a bitch! Why the hell did I waste so much of my fkin’ time on her?!" he spat out as he hit his fist on the dashboard

"You took the words right out of my mouth"

His lip curled into a reluctantly amused sainst theas the city passed by in a blur and I tried to numb my memory of Shelly’s viciously accurate words

We pulled to a stop outside University Mall I lifted my head off theand when I turned towards Ro me "Mol, I’m so sorry for what she said to you about your parents I can’t iine how that must’ve felt" His brown eyes were pained