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I fumbled for my cell, opened my contacts and pressed Heath’s number, thankful that he’d put in the information the day before He’d be pissed, of course, but I knew he’d co twice before he answered "Heath, I need your help"

"E number Two contacts on this phone…two da one! I was drunker than I thought

"Uh Hi…"

"What’s wrong?"

"I thought I was calling Heath and I got you by accident"

A pause "Are you drunk?"

Shit "No Of course not I was just studying--he had wine and so I drank so soI was blathering, I sat back and sighed "He’s gonna coet me and take et you"

"No"

"Ee It’s too far for you"

"I have a fast car Open up the GPS app and send me your location Can you do that?"

I hadn’t used that app yet "Is it easy to figure out?"

"I’ll talk you through it" And he explained how to do it

"Don’t you dare start that car, Mia," he said, clicking off I frowned, wondering how I’d gotten into this situation, when I heard a loud knock onfor me to open my door Instead I rolled down the"I’m sorry, Mia I had no idea you’d drink soa little bit "You’re the one who kept refilling lass"

"Come inside Seriously, you can sleep it off in there"

"Uh uh, sorry" Then I sed "I’ stupid and come in I’m sorry Just come inside"

"I said no, Jon No means no" I cranked up the

He disappeared and then reappeared a few h thebut I ignored him I tappedhow long it would take Ada the age-old warning that they were about to rebel Nausea burned up us I wasn’t that drunk, but I hadn’t eatenthe hell out of utter, doubling over I heaved a couple tih at this point, getting rid of it all htened up, Jon was besidethem out to me "I’m super sorry, Mia I feel bad You want to borrow a couple of my books to help you catch up?"

I eyed the books They were expensive study aids that I couldn’t afford They’d be useful They swaed to grab one of them, but he pulled the rest aside "Let me put them in the car And then coetting a ride"

He took me by the arm "Come on I don’t want you to try to drive ho to So htened and he bared his teeth, yanking atso stubborn Just let htened painfully

"You’re hurting rew dizzy with a sudden fear What was this asshole trying to do? What did he want fro the book in my hand and cracked it over his head He spun on me with a hiss "What the fuck, bitch?" He raised his free hand as if to hit th, falling ona hand to shieldht with Zack up on the Ridge replaced Jon’s threat of violence I’d had blood on my face, but he didn’t care It ran down my chin, into my mouth--that bitter metallic taste et away froo!"