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"Not you" The female officer waved at Darcy when she popped up froh-heels "Everyone else"

Darcy plopped back doith a curse, stretching out her long legs Her knees looked like sorater to theot that way

"Hey, Blondie," she called to ers "Call uard at the door, I asked, "So all of us can leave?" I glanced at Annie, thinking it a coincidence that ere all being released at the same time "All of our friends are here to pick us up then?"

It had taken a couple hours to process us The indignity of having ourtime After that we had been allowed our phone calls Annie called her roommate I don’t knoho Rachel called I called Eing bail et landed in jail Nothing She si up the phone

I knew if I called Pepper she would have come, too, but I wasn’t ready to face her and Reece and explain that I had been arrested with Logan at a kink club That on top of everything just h, I’ to keep froet out of this dress first Maybe take a shower and grab a few hours of rest The peaceful oblivion of sleep sounded like a luxury above and beyond a trip to Paris right now

The officer shrugged "I don’t know You’re free to go though The charges are dropped"

"Dropped?" I echoed, stopping inforward

"How?" I asked, skepticis out ina hand around et out of here"

The officer answered h "Turns out one of your friends confessed that he broke into the house and didn’t tell any of you We’re letting all of you go and holding hi to be told I guess I should be grateful he did the right thing and admitted that ere all innocent

"See!" Annie exclai "We should sue"

The officer’s lips thinned and she looked teain

"Annie," I tugged on her ared with our few belongings returned to us, predawn light was creeping in through the blinds of the police precinct I didn’t see Logan or any of the other guys froured they had already been released Ordischarged

When we stepped out into the lobby, Eroaned internally Reece and Shaw stood behind them Mortification washed over ia, are you all right?" E ht of the police station,I’m sure I looked like a train wreckhair a mess, makeup smeared

"I’m fine It was aat the one back to the kink club I was satisfied to just call it a party "Well, the guy throwing it broke into the house"

"Yeah It’s all over campus" Emerson nodded, her eyes wide