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“Really?”

“Really”

“I could teach you”

“I’d be too embarrassed”

Brianna shrugged “It’s not like anyone is going to laugh at you”

“Yes, they would”

Brianna shook her head At nor you’ll fix the phones and the internet and all Everyone likes you Well, not exactly likes, but everyone hopes you’ll do it”

“I told you I fixed the phones already,” Jack said

Brianna’s eyes narrowed “Jack-O, watch what you say about that It’s supposed to be a secret, right?” Then she shifted focus to someone just behind Jack’s shoulder “What did you hear?”

Jack twisted to see the shaved-head kid shrugging “What? I didn’t hear anything”

That voice Jack knew that voice

“That’s right you didn’t hear anything,” Brianna said pointedly “And you better not repeat what you didn’t hear”

He knew that voice

He stared at the kid with the voice

And suddenly, he saw