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“What?”
“Just follow me,” she snapped
Coestion”
Two minutes later, Chloe deactivated the security on her lab door and threw it open “No actual penetration of our perimeter,” she said out loud “Klein just wandered in unannounced” It tookto so steady?”
“Affirmative,” came the reply I tried to identify where exactly the speakerphone, or coave up Chloe’s lab was a iz
Satisfied that Brooke and Zee were doing fine in the field, Chloe turned back toher eyes for no apparent reason whatsoever, she picked up a sheet of paper and handed it to me “It’s an analysis of the chip,” she said “It isn’t the kind that Peyton uses Trust me—we’ve run into their tech before, and this isn’t it—it isn’t nearly state-of-the-art enough The good folks at Peyton, Kaufman, and Gray would spit on this chip It’s practically ancient”
I breathed in and out, in and out, letting this infor not to let any of my myriad of emotions fly across my face Chloe didn’t need to see how relieved I was that Jack wasn’t a part of this Scratch that—nobody needed to kno relieved I was that Jack wasn’t a part of this
“Do you want to know the truth about Jack Peyton?” Chloe asked, her words co him, just like Brooke used him, just like I used hi to fall for hi hiht it was all about popularity for us, but in all of his teen boy wisdom, he’s decided that you’re different” Chloe spat out the word
She was putting into words everything I’d been afraid of, and everything I’d tried not to hope for Jack wasn’t usinghim
“Do you knohy Brooke and Jack broke up?” Chloe asked suddenly
“Chlo,” Brooke’s voice came over the hidden speakers
“Back off”
“Because falling for youryou’re supposed to do,” Chloe said “They started off using each other, and then…boos involved, and Brooke’s ”
“Chloe!”
“And do you knohy Jack and I broke up?” Chloe said softly
I took a wild guess “Because you fell for him?”
“No,” Chloe said “Because he wasn’t over Brooke”
“Chloe, you need to shut up Now”
“Don’t you have a hostile to be watching?” Chloe huffed “Don’t make me mute you”