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rner. She poked at the shattered scree
. The beggar
. She recognized the sh
rbucks cup in her hand. Three girls from h
Did you really think throwing your garbage p
her eyes on
's car last week. Everyone knows you sleep around to keep your
nearby turned their h
. She slowly raised her head. He
rity's honor code, Amber?" Kaliyah asked. Her
hit. Her fingers tightened
Amber
aimed the boiling liquid d
a spring. She calculated the trajectory. It would take exactly
twitche
rner of her eye, sh
o inches. It was a calculated retreat, ensuring the boiling liquid would splash onto the table and her dark skirt, missing h
f education at NYU? Was
e echoed through
e sudden movement splashed the boiling coff
d started frantically w
few feet away. The president wa
yelled. "My office. Now. You
yton, hoping for sympathy. Br
rying girl and locked onto K
ond before the coffee fell. There was no panic, no flinching-only a cold, calculating readiness. He saw her
curled into
t for scheming than academics,
left Kaliyah. He was calling her a manipulato
fectly. She stared blankly at the
is chest. It was like punching a wall of wa
tered. Amber r
she lifted it, she saw a thick, cre
ed it there while
al Department. On the back, handwritten in black i
at the card. He
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