o a smooth stop. The wrought-iron gates of St. Jude
d out and pulled
-heeled ankle boots crunched against th
ind her ribs. The image of the closed body bag on the steel table of the morgue flash
twisted. She forc
The old Eleanor would have slouched, trying to make herself invisible.
topped talking. They lowered their Starbuck
ted like a sw
been horribly disfigured in the car crash. Yet here s
h. She was the apex predator of the school's bul
ti caramel macchiato. She lock
alding coffee directly at Vivian
Tammy-Lynn's shoulder a fracti
pivoted her torso precisel
directly onto the chest of the girl standing behind
t out a pie
ouldn't process the miss. Her
sharp French manicure, aiming to jab Vivian in the colla
eyes we
Tammy-Lynn's wrist. Her thumb
squeeze
ed instantly. She collapsed onto the brick path, forced
The whispers stopped. Dozens of
ed her mouth to
llimeter. A sickening pop of cartil
breath. Tears ruined her heavy mascara
wered her sunglasses just
ed, her voice a razor blade, "an
ynn's eyes. She nodded frantically.
f utter disgust. She let Tammy-Lynn's
antibacterial wet wipe. She meticulously cleaned her
king, she tossed it. It landed per
the sobbing girl and walke
he Red Sea. They pressed their backs agai
he locker assi
right red spray paint. The worded. She remembered the tear-stained pages of Elea
led out a bottle of industria
bbed the metal. The red paint dissolved. Sh
own raised his phone,
im. She leveled a glare so viole
ands. It hit the floor. The screen
bell
story textbook. She walke
the double
-sentence. Every head in the amphi
irs to the very back row. It was the dark
onto the desk. The loud sla
crossed her legs
xchanged nervous glances. The prey they used
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