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“Boss,” he greeted with a small upward chin lift

Raize’s eyes narrowed slightly “Give us a second”

“Okay”

That was the exchange, but I looked back, noting Jake’s tension His shoulders were rigid When I turned back, Raize had been watching me “You want to fill me in?”

I openedour way

I shut it, just as he got to us, looking toward the women’s restroom

“Hey,” he breezed, then did a slight twitch as he realized who I was His eyebrows dipped in “You look different”

“Different hair”

“Ah” His eyes lit up with comprehension “No offense, but I liked the blonde”

I grinned “Me, too I’ back”

Raize gaveit He asked Abram, “How is she?”

Abraave him a wary and tired look, a very tired look “It was bad for her at times”

“What do you mean?”

Abra the women’s door “Let’s talk later, yeah? Get to safety and then start debriefing all this shit because bruh, it’s a lot of shit we gotta digest”

Raize grunted, then nodded to me “Check on her, but don’t approach”

“Got it”

He went his way and I went mine, and when I went in, I almost walked into the wall

The girl standing at theat herself, was Raize’s twin Or the female version of him

She was s limply down to the middle of her back, but her eyes were dead Her cheekbones were gaunt She had beautiful brown eyes, the same full lips as her brother, but her face was a little more rounded than Raize His was hard with a firm and square jawline, but with the eyes, the mouth, the cheekbones, she was Raize’s blood

The guys would figure it out the second they saw her All hell would break loose after

I suppressed a shiver, not wanting to get ahead of myself with those fireworks

I forced , into a stall and sat, but I didn’t pee I didn’t knohy I aiting, but she hadn’t moved when I went past her She choked out a sob before the water turned on, but when she turned it off, she didn’t let out another sound She washed her hands, grabbed a towel, and slipped outside All quiet-like, or as quiet as she could be

I thought back

I had stopped and stared at her She hadn’t noticed Those eyes weren’t even seeing herself, I didn’t think

Was the dead staring thing a family trait?

I was thinking it wasn’t

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No fireworks happened after I came out of the restroom

Cavers, Gus, and Jake were in our truck

Abram and Raize’s sister were in theirs