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“I can come back”

“Nonsense” She shook her head “No need I hate eating alone If I’ht? Why don’t you eat with me?”

Abby sunk into the chair across from her “How do you know my schedule?”

“I know a lot about the students, even the ones that avoid co to her, despite her lighthearted tone

Abby brought her book bag to her lap, folding her arh her nerves She hugged the bag to her chest, needing so to displace her discomfort

“What can I do for you?” Miss Mandie asked, taking a bite of her sandwich

Abby had no idea where to start when she barely even knehy she was there in the first place Only knowing she had needed an escape frohts

“I have a secret,” she murmured, somewhat appalled by how easily the words fell from her lips

“Okay” Setting her food down, Miss Mandie leaned back in her chair, counselor

“Actually, it’s kind of hts flickered to Mr Oliver and her promise to stay away from Kaden “And I don’t knohether to keep them secret or to tell so you shouldn’t keep silent?” Abby asked, her gaze pleading

She needed answers She needed soer had to choose as right through her hts

Miss Mandie pursed her lips, giving Abby’s question aforward in her desk “It’s hard tothe secret would be deter it hurt so it in or telling them? For example, if the secret is you discovered your friend’s boyfriend was cheating on her, and you tell her, she’ll be upset, possibly evenrun, if you keep it from her because she will eventually find out and then she’ll have invested even more time in this person by then She’ll feel betrayed by you, as well, if she discovered you had known and kept quiet But sometimes the truth is unnecessary Sometimes it’s better kept quiet

“For example, if your friend is at school and asks you if the outfit she choseher the truth would only hurt her and have no benefit She is already at school She can’t go ho her would be cruel and serve no purpose other than to make her feel like crap”

Abby moaned None of her exa with This wasn’t a bad outfit or a douchebag boyfriend

“What if the secret is about soal But it was a long tirandfather