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Neither did Zee

I got Bubbles on voice , because she’d had technical difficulties prograe was just her going, “Is this thing on? Is it working? If I like say so, will…oooh, what’s that beep?”

I had no desire to call Chloe, and I wasn’t exactly lookingthe twins as well I tried Lucy—who, after all, deserved some major kudos for the bobby-sock bomb, even if it hadn’t saved our mission When Lucy didn’t answer, either, I dialed the last number on my list

April

She answered on the third ring

“Toby?”

“Yeah,” I said, feeling irls, April was the only one e, and the one I’d interacted with the least We didn’t really know each other, and once upon a time, she’d been Hayley Hoffman’s second-in-coistered on her social radar pre-Squad, she hadn’t exactly been friendly “Listen, I’m at Brooke’s house, and I kind of need a ride Do you have your license yet?”

“No, but I have a car,” April replied “Actually, I have two, so it’s no big if I wreck one I’ll be there in a few ht?”

I wasn’t sure, but that sounded good to me “I think so”

“Okay Just hang tight and give me five Later!”

I hung up my phone, and as I stepped off Brooke’s front porch and walked down her driveway, I hoped that April would hurry

The sooner I could get away from this place, the better

CHAPTER 25

Code Word: Kisses

While I aiting for April,It was Zee

“Sorry I alates”

I wasn’t exactly sure how to respond to that

“Don’t roll your eyes at me,” Zee said, and I realized that was exactly what I had been doing “There’s nothing wrong with yogalates You can’t honestly expecton y dissertation”

“I didn’t even know you riting one,” I said “And honestly, I thought you didn’t answer because you were either still selling Cheer Scout cookies, or because you were on the line”

Gossip queens and phones sort of went hand in hand

“What do you need?” Zee asked She seemed to know that I wouldn’t have called unless I really needed soh I’d accepted my position on the Squad, I was loath to ask for help

“I just needed a ride,” I said “April’s co to pick me up”

“Good,” Zee replied “You two haven’t spent ether”

She sounded like so up, but just as April’s car pulled into view, I re about the conversation with Brooke’sme

“Zee? What’s Brooke’s deal with guns?”

Zee didn’t anshich caught uard Zee always had an answer

“Zee?”

“You don’t want to know,” she said, “and if you do, look it up yourself There’s an inforhway out there, and you’re the web equivalent of a biker babe”