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He was testing it when I wandered toThe nues I stood by the box, hit the button and Noc’s (in other words, Tor’s) voice filled the room and I watched Tor still as he listened to it

“Cory? Hope you’re feelin’ better, babe On my way over See you in five”

“Is that me?” Tor asked

“No,” I answered and his eyes went fro machine to me

“No, sweets, I mean the other me,” he explained

“Then, yes,” I replied and the next e and just wanna say, don’t call back ‘cause I got your other e loud and clear I can’t believe you have the balls to call me after you did what you did Don’t call back, Cora, ever”

I stood frozen to the spot, staring at my machine

“Cora?” Tor called

I didn’t move

I felt his hand on ing, oh shit, I was going to cry again! Damn the other Cora! “My friend, Selena”

“Love –”

“What’d she do?” I whispered, staring at the answeringin ain, “What’d she do?”

Then a tear fell, then another because I could tell my parents (maybe) that I’d been in another world but I couldn’t tell my friends They’d never believecrazy excuses for whatever the other Cora did

And whatever Cora did, it sounded bad and I knew from experience Cora’s bad was the worst that bad could be

Tor pulled athered me in his arms I pressed into his chest and held onto him while the tears fell silently

“I hope I never meet her,” I whispered after awhile

“I hope you don’t either, love, it’s rarely a pleasant experience”

After he spoke, for soht about the fact that none ofnohat that meant Then I tried to think of how to rectify whatever happened Then I realized I was right back where I started in Bellebryn when Tor first took me there But this time, it wasn’t a bunch of people I didn’t knoho hated hed into Tor’s chest