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“You’d think they could do better in ho the barred s as he zips up his jacket

“You sure you’re okay with this?” Trent asks Chris

“Yeah” He shrugs “Zoe didn’t go crazy, right?”

I’m not one hundred percent sure that’s correct She’s still huddling against theof the car, her blue hair hanging in her face But no, she only went into shock after she heard she wasabout ould happen to us if we found out about our future selves—or they lied to us

“Zoe, can I get my jacket back?” I ask

“Oh” She blinks at me as if in a dream “Yeah”

She pulls my coat out of her backpack and hands it to me It’s nice and dry, and I slip it on and yank up the hood Like before, Adam and I will be on point, while the others wait behind and watch through our feeds

The instant we step out of the car, we’re drenched again “A backpack full of stuff, and they couldn’t pack us an ue around the building through dead weeds now ht door It has a serprint scans Otherwise, it has no locks, knobs, or anything to open it

“3A, right?” I ask

In ht”

I knock on the door and wait A moment later someone calls out, “Who’s there?”

“Shawnda Jones?” I ask, using the naave me

“Yeah?”

“We’re, um…”

“We’re old friends of Chris,” Adam says “Can we talk to you for a few minutes?”