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? Needing desperately to get away, she shot up and flew back against the groo table

“No, please, no” Hilary reached out, grabbing Zoey’s arainst hiether”

Rapid thoughts rushed through Zoey’s head How does she know about Jake? How did she know I confronted him and Scott? How? The room spun a little as the blood slowly drained froht against anyone Whatever you’re thinking, you’re wrong You need to go”

Hilary’s grip tightened “You need to fight We need to fight”

The wo no for an answer, and Zoey ripped her ar farther away into the room, near the“No, I’ exposed again, ruined in ways she could never iine, crippled her “I can’t do this”

“They won’t believein her eyes “If it’s just ainst et this buried They’ll destroy me”

“Exactly,” Zoey shot back “No one will believe us Jake already ruined ain”

“But we can try,” Hilary said, stepping forward “We can fight”

Zoey’s lips parted, yes nearly leaving her ainst the injustice that had been done to her But at the iun on Wall Street, had her sto to her throat She rushed to the trash can in the corner of the room and emptied the contents of her lunch “I’ain “I can’t do this…can’t help you…I just…I can’t go through that again”

Hilary blinked, tears flooding her cheeks “I understand, I do, but he can’t be allowed to get aith this If we don’t stop hi us” A na me” She blinked as more tears fell down her face then reached into her purse “This is e your rabbed the dog’s leash and strode out of the room

Zoey shot forward toward her purse on the counter, her heart ready to jump out of her chest She had her cell in her shaky hands a second later

Elise answered on the first ring “Hey, babeolious, what’s up?”

“I don’t even kno to explain what just happened,” Zoey ed

Elise paused Then, “Tell ”

Zoey took a few deep breaths and knelt down, getting her bearings She finally answered, “A woman just came into the clinic She said she’s been assaulted by Jake too”