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Raize leaned around ot theseat”

“But…” Panic flashed on his face, but he was srabbed his tablet, and moved to theseat

I took middle and Raize had the aisle

I glanced back once and saw Jake laughing, his head shaking before he ducked down in his seat

I felt rin with him

This whole thing was just nuts

At one point during the flight, Mary needed to go past us to use the bathroom She averted her eyes as she did That made me smile, too

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When we deplaned, Mary and her group got off before we did

We walked past thes Mary averted her gaze, same as on her bathroom trip I noticed another less-faint white line over her lip, but that was for her friends to handle It s, if this airport had them One of her friends noticed , but then ere past them and up the ramp

Stepping into the airport, Raize pulled his phone out and kept walking I lanced back to see if I could see Jake or Cavers

My phone buzzed, and I pulled it out Raize had texted all of us

Raize: Walk out, wait by the cab line Jake, get your bag and find us Cavers, stand fifty yards away Jake, the same

He had already put his phone away by the ti, and he’d picked up his pace I hurried to catch up Raize h crowds like I did He kept to the side and found the path of least resistance through the oncouy stepped out, Raize guided me to join a crowd in front of us, our heads turned to the side

We didn’t want attention

I doubted there were arrest warrants out for us, but in our world, you never knew