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"Uh," Lisa says uncertainly "Sure, I guess--"
"Fantastic," Stephanie says and glances at Davinia "It wasn’t that yours weren’t right, sweetie They weren’t right for the show"
"I don’t feel so good," Jared says from behind the desk
Gavin spins to face hiot a nosebleed"
This is the understate in two steady strearay New York College T-shirt
I’m immediately alarmed, especially when Jared says sarcastically, "You think I don’t know that?" and raises his ar his nose for a little while, since the sleeve of his blue hoodie has turned black "It won’t stop And I think I’ to throw up If someone could just call my doctor--here, he’s in my important contacts" He fumbles in his pocket for his iPhone, then drops it "Shoot"
My mind darts to one of the many episodes of Freaky Eaters I’ve seenand also one of the s I was forced to attend in the past fewopen the door to the front desk, "call 911 Brad, get the first aid kit There’s a bottle of hydrogen peroxide in it--"
Gavin reaches for the phone "Don’t let him hurl back here," he says as he dials "Take him to the bathroom"
"What is it?" Stephanie’s eyes are wide "What’s wrong with hi a roll of toilet paper--toilet paper is one of the few things residents at Fischer Hall get for free--froainst Jared’s nostrils "It’s an anticoagulant It’s the active ingredient in a lot of rat poisons"
"Ohen peroxide fro it toward Jared’s face "Howto remember "I don’t know Justthe desk, Simon and Muffy close behind hi Lisa away "Don’t worry It’s not poison It’s just a--"
"Don’t stand up!" Lisa and I cry at the exact same time as Jared attes crumple beneath him as his eyes roll back into his head, and neither Lisa nor I is strong enough to support his weight as he collapses
Chapter 14
Muffy Fowler decides--and Dr Jessup agrees--that it’s not a good idea for thecarted out of Fischer Hall covered in blood and on a stretcher Nor does she think it’s a good idea for them to see Detective Canavan and the other law-enforcement officers from the Sixth Precinct who show up to question Gavin and anyone else who ht have had contact with the individual who dropped off the cupcakes (though until there is a toxicology report proving they actually did contain a poisonous substance, we’re urged by Detective Canavan "not to make any assumptions")