“What are you scared of, Shannon?” I surprised myself by how calm I sounded when I was two seconds away from losing my shit right here in this car. “Did something happen?” “Happen?” she whispered, biting on her bottom lip. “At school?” I nodded slowly. “Was someone giving you hassle?” She closed her eyes and bit down even harder on her lip, so hard that I reached over and pulled it free from her teeth. “Don’t,” I coaxed. Her eyes popped open. “Huh?” “You’ll hurt yourself,” I told her, retracting my hand even though it was the last thing I wanted to do. “I’m sorry,” she whispered. “You don’t
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