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appeared again in the small room Alice was stayi

ut more calculating. "You haven't really done anything t

she should feel relieved or confused. Was it really that

asked cautiously

lmost dismissive now. "There's no reason to keep you. You're not what

gnoring the slight dizziness in her head from the tension

quickly scrolling through her contacts until she found Rodriguez's na

felt like she'd been there for way longer than that. As she drove back home, she felt

he had said they were to leave before the sun

nking that maybe he cared for her a little more

ymore. She tried calling Rodriguez a few more times, but each time, it went straight to

be pregnant. She didn't take it seriously at first, until she st

over Rodriguez was pregnancy. Her parents would be disappointed that she'd g

ck, her hands trembling. She was pregnant. Wit

o this far? She was scared. And she knew she couldn't tell her parents. They had no idea about Rodriguez, about what had h

phone still went straight to voicemail. Ali

at the pregnancy test in her hands. "What

he ceiling. She felt trapped. She couldn't stay here, not with everyt

aring this news with was Melanie. She

f crisis. And now, with her world falling apa

number, waiting for the ring to end. When M

r voice breaking, "I

? You don't s

el. I'

a while, waiting f

e sn

cry. I wouldn't know what to do if you st

the confusion in

anything to stop it," she said. She was cryi

lice explained everything-how she had been kidnapped by Luna, how she

listened

s not exactly smart that you didn't tell your

stay there. You can't let this control your life like this

ened to her best friend. Star

to escape, to find a new place where no one knew her, where she could make a fr

h a few clothes and essentials. Tears blurred her vision as she folde

ear enough to explain her absence. And then, with her hear

her in Oakdale, but it was

ked into the night, her heart pounding in her chest as she d