“I’m sure Sara could tell you about her, if they were best friends.” “Sara Skonos can’t speak, Mare.” “At all?” Cal continues slowly, in the level, calm voice his father uses. “She said things she shouldn’t have, terrible lies, and she was punished for it.” Horror bleeds through me. Can’t speak. “What did she say?” In a single heartbeat, Cal goes cold under my fingers. He draws back, stepping out of my arms as the music finally dies. With quick motions, he pockets the speaker, and there is nothing but our beating hearts to fill the silence. “I don’t want to talk about her anymore.” He breathes
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