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“You couldn’t have known, I didn’t,” Carrick replied calmly

“But I knew things had to be hard for her I knew the boys were on scholarships to that school” He’d checked up on that “I just didn’t realize things were this bad”

“We kno We’ll help her”

If they could find her They approached the house and Jardin knocked

“Thea! Thea, are you in there?” He tried the door Locked He looked over at Carrick, who sighed and started peering in s

“Fuck it,” Jardin said “It’s not like we’re gonna let her live here any longer” He used his foot to kick the door open Piece of shit crumpled in

It didn’t take the to see that no one was home And that the inside was possibly worse than the outside

“There’re still clothes here,” Carrick said, walking through the rooms

Jardin was in the kitchen “Hardly any fucking food, though Christ”

“Do you think we should wait here for her?”

He frowned, thinking it through “I’ the school Just make sure the boys are there”

“Why? You don’t think she’s actually run off? Why would she leave town? Besides, her clothes are still here”

“There’s barely anything in her closet”

“Probably because she didn’t own ently

“Fuck Fuck I’ about all of it