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"I as you do, Gary," Tania says "Only you can be responsible for your actions"

It occurs tosome therapy behind my back I only wish she’d have saved it for a tiun atintotendrils of it to fall from the many bobby pins that had been used to secure it "I have nothing left to lose Whether this woman lives or dies is entirely up to you"

Tania’s expression changes Maybe she’s realized what I’ve already figured out--reasoning with Gary isn’t going to work, because he isn’t sane He’s never going to give up until he gets what he wants, which is Tania

I watch the fight drain out of heralong with all hope Her slender shoulders sag

"All right," she says softly "All right, Gary I’ll go with you Let Heather go first, though"

He grins, triumphant, then shoves uess it’s true that I don’t want to die But I know I can’t let anyone else die either

So as Tania ers Then I spin around and bury the pointy Spanish colued to the doll’s head as hard as I can into the skin just below the bandage on Gary’s handhis gun hand

Dolls are not meant to be used as weapons Miss Mexico’s head breaks off--along with the coh--and in enough pain--that when he lowers the gun with a cry, he inadvertently pulls the trigger so that the revolver fires

Fortunately, the bullet goes harmlessly into the auditoriuin to murmur I’m certain the NYPD and campus protection officers posted around the auditoriue I only hope they won’t be too late

I snatch Tania’s hand and pull her behind the scri her to duck with me beneath a table from one of the Drama Department’s sets before Gary can pull Miss Mexico’s head fro this, the stage door bursts open and Cooper strides out

The bright white light thrown by the fluorescents behind Cooper temporarily blinds Gary Hall But it allows Cooper to inize the h school website He sees the gun that Gary Hall raises in his direction And without a word, Cooper shoots him three times in the chest, until Gary Hall drops the revolver, falls forward, and lies still

Chapter 29

So Sue Me

All those times you said

I’d never make it

All those times you said

I should quit

All those ti without you

The sad part is

I believed it too

Then you left and

What do you know

I o ahead and sue me

You heard me

Go ahead and sue me

Now that I’ve made it