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Dad looks confused "I don’t like this, Heather," he says "They don’t pay you enough for you to be hurrying over there in the dead of night like this"

"Tell me about it," I say, and I’m out the door

The walk to Fischer Hall has never see, it seeet there Partly because of the slick sidewalks I have to navigate, but also, I’ insideto hurt Gavin…if they so oing that I don’t even see Reggie until I crash into him

"Whoa, little lady," he cries, as we collide "Where would you be off to in such a hurry so late at night?"

"Geez, Reggie," I say, struggling to catch o hoie says "Heather, what’s the uys," I pant "The ones I told you about They have one ofto hurt hiie has hold of both o "Are you serious? Heather, don’t you think you should call the police?"

"I did!" I have to windrip "My dad’s calling theet in there in the ie wants to know

But it’s too late I’ on the newly shoveled sidewalk,in my throat

When I throw open the door to Fischer Hall, theand his fellow frat brothers--not toto kill Lindsay without actually being signed in is cleared up the uard

"You!" I cry It’s the crusty old guard from the security desk in Waverly Hall

"ID," he says He doesn’t even recognizeat hi "That’s ular spot I fill in other places when there’s an opening Like here, tonight I need to see your ID before I can let you in"

I’ open my wallet to show him my staff identification "I’," I say to hiht without ht, when they killed sorunts "I don’t knohat you’re talking about," he says grumpily

"Yeah," I say "Well, you’ll find out in a minute, believedirector and tell him to head to the caf And when the cops show up, send them there, too"

"Cops?" Crusty Curtiss looks startled "What--"

But I’ past hih I’ blindly into their trap--laht be Instead, I dash down the hall, past overnment’s office--closed and locked, as always--and finally past the dining er’s office, to the back entrance to the kitchen The door, as I’d known it would be, is locked