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"Whatever," hehis IV-free arht from the fluorescents overhead "I had ht"

"Your boys," I say disparagingly "Oh, yeah, your boys took great care of you"

"Hey" Gavin winces as if the sound of his own voice hurts It probably does "They brought me here, didn’t they?"

"Dumped you here," I correct him "And left I don’t see any of theo to class," Gavin says blearily "Anyway, hoould you know? You weren’t here It was that other tool froo?"

"If you o deal with another eency You’re not our only resident, you know, Gavin"

"What are you riding on me for?" Gavin wants to know "It’s my birthday"

"What a way to celebrate," I say

"Whatevs Not for nothing, but I was fil yourself doing so stupid for a class project," I say "Remember the reenactment you did of the scene from Hannibal? The one with the cow brain?"

He lifts his aric to fava beans?"

"It ht surprise you to know, Gavin," I say, as my cell phone vibrates in s to do than hold your hand every tiency room"

"Like what?" Gavin asks, with a snort "Let those ass-kissing RAs suck up to you some more?"

It is very hard for me not to tell Gavin about Lindsay How can he lie there, feeling so sorry for hi so incredibly stupid to get himself into this position in the first place--when back in the building a girl is dead, and we can’t even find her body?

"Look, can you just find out when I can get out of here?" Gavin asks, with a moan "And spare me the lectures, for once?"

"I can," I say, only too happy to leave hiood "Do you want roans "Why would I want you to do that?"

"Maybe to let them kno you celebrated your birthday? I’m sure they’ll be very proud…"

Gavin pulls the pillow over his head I so over to one of the nurses to discuss the possibility of his being released She tells o back out into the waiting roo out my cell phone to see who called ht, Cooper on my cell phone’s screen

I’m even more thrilled when, a second later, a voice says, "Heather"

And I look up and findinto the eyes of the man himself

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