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Chapter 27

Harlow

I was dozing on the couch when Sleep wasn’t, I reached out to the coffee table to answer it Checking the caller ID, I noticed it was Lisa callingother than if she had a probleo up to her school last week and help herbullied; I hoped this wasn’t still going on

"Hi Lisa," I answered, trying to project an upbeat attitude

"Hi Harlow," she said in her ti andto her "Where are you?" I asked It wasn’t quite three o’clock so I figured she was probably still at school

She sniffed "I’et ed

"Yes, I’ll be there soon Just here you are; I’ll find you"

Just under ten minutes later, I pulled up at her school and followed the directions she’d sent in her text as to where she was When I found the toilets, I entered and called out to her A door opened and she stepped out; her face was a , and her hair was an uneven mess Someone had cut her hair and screwed it up co but she didn’t so I went to her and sied her She slorapped her arhter until she was practically clinging to me; her body wracked with sobs

We held each other for nearly tento subside Eventually she pulled away from me and I asked, "What happened?"

"They cut my hair and hit me"

"Who did that?" I wanted to throttle whoever did this to Lisa

"I don’t want to talk about it Can you just take me home?"

I wanted to talk about it; I needed to know the names of these little shits But I put Lisa’s needs first "Of course I can do that," I said and indicated for us to leave "Co with her; she ot her intotowards my house "Do you mind if we just drop by my house first because I think I left s open It’s sort of on the way to your house"