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“Dad” her mother said, but when she reached out to him, he turned away

“No a her back No a Now, if you don’ttoits mark as Abby watched her mother’s face crumple

Silence ensued as Abby dropped back into her seat, trying to work through their argu to find a resolution to ease her hts only circled back to one thing Her grandfather had been in Newberry, and there was no way that was a coincidence

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

What a crap day this was turning out to be

Abigail stared at the big fat red “F” circled on the top of her Calculus test, and her stomach dropped Worse than the “F” was the little note written in the corner: See me after class

Abigail glanced around the roo no one noticed How could she flunk a test? She otten an “F” before

Her cheeks reddened as she glanced to Kaden Turning back to her own paper, she cra where she hoped to never acknowledge its presence again It had only been a week since her grandmother’s wake, the day she received the first letter, yet her life seemed to have turned upside down Seven days and she had, thus far, failed to uncover anything valuable, and now she had failed at calculating the nth roots of a complex number as well

Go figure

Abigail bit her lip as their teacher doled out their assign class When Kaden appeared by her desk, she smiled He wore a black t-shirt and jeans with a pair of ancient sneakers

“Hey You have lunch now, right?” he asked

Abby’s answering s what she learned with Kaden forgotten “Yeah, but I need to talk to Mr Delgado first If you wanna go on ahead, I’ll meet you there Save me a seat?”

He nodded “Wouldn’t want to rier”

“Like that’s hard” Abby smirked

“Did you figure out what you’re going to tell her yet? About everything?”