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"Good I’ll be there soon" He hung up, probably to preventmore questions, so I flipped my phone shut

"What happened?" Milo’s worried expression mirrored my own, but I was too frazzled to answer hirabbed an to throw on "Alice?"

"I don’t know He wouldn’t tell ? I swear, I didn’t really cry this much Most of the ti about Jack and Peter made me want to burst into tears all the time

My emotions seemed to be on overdrive It was like I had livedjust the bare minimum, and now this family had switched them into max

"Is everyone okay?" Milo leaned over the back of the couch, watchingI needed, but I kept feeling like I was forgetting so back to make sure I had it

"I don’t know, Milo!" I snapped "He didn’t tell !"

"Sorry" He sounded hurt, and I wanted to apologize, but I didn’t have time Jack would be here "soon," which could mean anywhere from five seconds to fifteen minutes "Do you want etic smile, and he slumped down in the couch "Another tio"

"Sorry I’ll talk to you later" And with that, I was out the door

I should’ve said more, but I couldn’t even wait for the elevator today I pushed the call button, and when the doors didn’t immediately open, I ran down the stairs

Even in the rush I had been in, Jack had still ed to beat me outside He’d driven the Jeep, and I practically dove into it I looked at hirimly at me

"What happened?" I de

"And a ‘how do you do’ to you too," Jack replied dryly

"Jack!"

"Sorry" He stared out straight ahead but kept taking sidelong glances at ht, after you left… Peter left"

"What do youand roaned "Jack? Where’d he go? Why’d he leave? Because of me?"