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They needed to knohere I was going, so I turned to Thomas "I need to find A into his other hand at the sauard nodded and headed down a separate hallway When ent past the exit door, I figured he knehere to go, so I kept following until we got to a back area The music had faded, and there were fewer people in the hallway The farther ent, the hallways grew lighter and lighter until I couldn’t hear thethe opposite way, and they frowned at us, but didn’t say a word One girl had a black shirt tied in a knot underneath her breasts The guy with her had ashirt on, and as I looked back, I could see the word SECURITY on the back of it

"Here"

The new security guard was at a door, but Thouards went outside, shutting the door behind them We waited for a moment until a soft tap sounded on the door, followed by a succession of three more taps

"She’s outside, Miss Eainst the door

"You’re not co his hand to his ear again "She’s co out Mitchell, co, "Co" Then the door opened, and Mitchell waited for h

This was normal protocol I don’t knohy I was surprised As I stepped outside into a back alley, I found Aainst the ith her phone still in her hand

I looked around at the guys They’d positioned themselves ten feet from us at both ends of the alley, and Michael took point at the door They were all going to be able to hear, which meant this would be reported to Carter--which you should’ve done yourself by now, an inner voice rehtening from the wall

"I cauards The conversation I needed to have--it couldn’t happen Plan B "Don’t say what you were going to say to the person on the other end of that phone"

"What?" She looked at her phone, her forehead wrinkling

"The phone call you left to make--don’t do it"

She showed me her phone, and I read the name, Shelly, on the screen "To her?"

"No Is that who you’ve been talking to this whole tiround and biting the inside of her cheek "I chickened out"

"Oh"

"I will I promise--"

"No, don’t I…" What could I say here? "Don’t"