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shifted to plotting their next moves without me. I just stood there, a ghost in

ts were slow, deliberate. My phone buzzed

Fannie. I' d heard it enough times to recognize it, a chi

out from the office. A stark contrast to the callous

ight there. He' d b

ng with me as I rounded the corner. His face, usually so composed,

furrowing. "What are you doi

waiting for him. Still expecting him

to my face with an impatient edge. He thought I was h

shadow. It was true, in a way. I' d clung to him, to the illusion

le to form words. W

and suffocating. His foot tapped on the polished floor impatiently. He k

annie's in trouble again. Her landlord' s giving her grie

sed to fool me into thinking he genuinel

waiting for an answer. It wasn' t a question

, the sleek black car speeding away from the curb. I

red me a ride in that

d often picked up from late-night classes, the same junior who was now conveniently h