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It takes me several beats to realize there’s a gun pointed at my face.
When he speaks, his voice is flat and toneless: “Do exactly as I say if you don’t want to die.”
“In every class,” she says, “ten people flunk and need to repeat the year. Five drop out, never to return. And, of course, in the last few years, there’s always one who…”
I can do this.
I’m about to tell Abe that he’s never seen me when I’m sick with a bad upper respiratory tract infection when he leans forward and presses his lips against mine.
Stranger things have happened.
I will never be the same.
What’s one more lie?
Now he looks concerned.
I’m looking forward to it.
I know all about you and Dr. Conlon. Put the answers to the final exam under the door of Locker 282 or else everyone will find out the truth.
“Okay…” There’s a disturbing desperation in Abe’s voice. No matter what I have to do. What the hell does that mean? “Look, you should get some sleep.”
But instead, I just let her leave.
I can only trust myself.
I’m trying to save my reputation.
So I squeeze the trigger, just like my father taught me to do when I was a kid.
But then sometimes I think back to the way he used to kiss me. The way he’d smile at me. The way we ripped each other’s clothes off like the ship was going down. Mason isn’t just my classmate. At one time, I actually really liked him.
And because I love her so much, I refuse to let her die today.

