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After a fewthe closeness, his cell phone quietly started playing so louder He shifted slightly, gently holding my head to his chest with one hand while he reached out and silenced his phone with the other He groaned quietly, obviously not pleased with having to wake up

"Baby?" he crooned in his sleepy voice that never failed to ently running his fingers through o to school today "Actually Ion my lip with anticipation Would he be better today? Would his breathing have returned to nor? Will he still be lying hts shot through o because I was frightened of what I could see there

Luke’s forehead creased with a frown "They don’t allow visitors until the afternoons Plus they said you should call and see how he is first Look, why don’t we give them a call and see what they say, if they say that he’s up to visitors then I’ll co sadly

I shook et into trouble for skipping classes, you know you will Besides, I can just borrow Alex’s car or so" Or maybe I could ask Luke to drop me back home and I’d use my mom’s car for the day, she wouldn’t mind, she wasn’t even here anyway

Luke raised one eyebrow at that "You’re not going on your own Not after last night Not until the police have caught whoever sent you that card and those flowers and stuff" His voice was stern, so I knew there was no arguing with him Luke was just as overprotective of hed in defeat "Fine I’ll call the so we don’t have to skip classes," I reluctantly agreed

A sad smile pulled at the corners of his lips as he reached out and brushed the back of his knuckles against hted in answer "I’m okay Hopefully the police will find so and then this will all be over in a few hours" I didn’t feel particularly hopeful of that happening though Somehow I knew, deep down, that whoever had left the card in erprints Again hts turned to Sandy Hopefully the police would question her and she’d slip up and adht when I mentioned her, but they were duty bound to look into her Maybe she’d left soerprint, anything to prove that she was the one behind this hate ca about it to her friends today – how she snuck intoPart of me hoped that it would be that easy, that she wouldn’t be able to contain her delight at having gotten one over ona tender kiss on the tip of et dressed and then I’ll make you some breakfast"

Thankfully, Alex was blissfully unaware that I’d snuck into Luke’s bed last night I kneouldn’t be happy about it, even if it was innocent By the tiot to school, I’d already called the veterinary clinic and was told that Chester had had a stable night There were still reed Alex and I could visit after school

It was hard to leave the warine in the parking lot My eyes wandered over the front of the building, settling on Charlotte and Beth ere sat on the grass outside, chatting animatedly I hadn’t spoken to them since school finished yesterday, so they didn’t know about the dra to be hard Not only was I going to have to rake it all up again and tellto see her I wasn’t sure hoas going to handle the last part at all I was sure it was her, but the police where the ones that needed to do so to just ignore her though? I didn’t think I could

Just as I gripped the handle of the car, Alex touchedall of this, but you can’t know that for sure You can’t just go accusing her in the ht?" he said softly

I nodded slowly "I know The police will sort everything I’nore her co to see if I was telling the truth or if I was going to go in there all guns blazing "That’s good because if you go shouting accusations at her then you’ll probably be in trouble for harass, his stern expression telling me exactly how much heshe’s too h all of this stuff Just let the police do their jobs and investigate it"

I sighed, rolling my eyes No one believed me about what a vindictive little witch she really was She had everyone fooled with her butter-wouldn’t-runted, shoving open the door and swingingoff with a brotherly lecture!