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"Dude, I get it--a porn Whatever," I say, handing the phone back, but Casey pushes it to ain

"Just Watch," he says, the bend in his lips painting a sinister s way I look back at the screen a second later, and then holy fucking hell!

"Wait athe screen closer tothe full frame in It’s only froe on the screen Those are her eyes Her lips Her hair Her breasts There isn’t ging the video forward and rewinding a few tiet an idea of the full extent of what this is--what she’s done

"Right? I knew that would get you! Pretty fuckin’ hot, right?" Casey says, leaning over to look wither

"Where Did You Get this?" I ask through gritted teeth Casey’s brow pinches and he pauses before parting his lips to speak He waits another breath, exaot it from some dude at a party," he says

I shut uys harassing her, the sounds they wereaway What the hell did she do? I shove Casey’s phone ina little faster, with a little e or at her

"Dickhead, give er at his I’d regret

"I’ll give it back to you later," I say

"What, wanna go home and watch it? I can just text it to you, ya know," he says, and I point at hih to make his breath falter

"What I want is to find out exactly what the hell this is, if Paige knows about it, and if there are…I don’t know…loves fro the lids of the various food cases closed and finally leaning back against the opposite counter as I push ers deep into my temples "Fuck, man? What if Leah sees this shit? What the hell is this?"

The evil grin that was on Casey’s face aYeah, Leah, asshole!

"Dude, how is she ever going to see this?" he says, laughing nervously and pointing to my pocket where his phone is still buried

"I don’t know, h my hair once "But…if she does…shit! Case, she barely knows her and already she thinks Paige is her best friend She dressed like her today--put on heels and everything"

"I’But a surprise would have been worse This…this was a surprise But at least finding out this way, I feel like e control? All I know is--I need to talk to Paige before I jump to any conclusions

"Let me just have your phone for the afternoon I don’t want to be sending this thing around places Not until I know exactly what it is, okay?" I say I feel the burn of the bruise on my hand as I ask, and I’m reminded of my brawl in her honor I feel a little foolish about it now And I also feel really fucking sad

Paige

It doesn’t matter how many people have seen it Now that I know it’s out there--it’s really out there--I’rade video ofclasses quickly, still hearing those guys froine them there anyway The sounds in h the front door of Houston’s house--my house It feels so temporary, not at all like home Not that the Delta House ever felt like home, I suppose The only place that ever really felt like home--other than my real home--was the tiny dorm space I shared with my sister and Rowe for a month

I never should have left

All I want is to run upstairs and hide, to search for ht instead of sleeping Maybe I’ll sleep Maybe, if I shutout of his roo slips fro my books on the floor I kneel down to pick theebra books in his hands then reaching forand he can feel it