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An hour later Taylor simply appeared, teleported into his roo”—and said, “Sam, wake up”

No dreaht the bad news She or Brianna, if either was available They were the fastest means of communication

“What is it, Taylor?”

“You know Tom? Tom O’Dell?”

Sa He couldn’t seem to quite wake up

“Anyway, there was a fight between Toet the other girl To ball”

Sas over the side of the bed, but could not keep his eyes open “What? Why did she hit hi ball?”

“She says To it on the barbecue in his backyard”

That at last penetrated Sam’s bleary brain “Okay Okay” He stood up and fuotten over the e seen in his underwear

Taylor handed him his pants “Here”

“Bounce back Tell the”

Taylor disappeared, and for a moment Sam tried to tell hi, after all, that he could do about a dead cat

But it was his duty to show up If he started blowing off his duties, it would look bad

“Set a good example,” he muttered under his breath as he crept silently past Astrid’s door

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