Chapter 25

“So?” Ruby asked, “What’s the deal with you staying with Mr. Hawk?”

We were in the cafeteria after hours. It was quiet, and it made a change from finishing classes and heading to my room and catching up on work. I didn’t think that I was behind in final year, but I had loads of work to do all the time. Some part of me felt as if I needed a couple of more years at the school just to be up to date.

“He said that with the way things went with my roommate that it made sense.”

Goldie nodded. “Special treatment, huh?”

Then she winked at me. I didn’t know what she meant, but I met her smile. Special treatment wasn’t the word that I would use, but I suppose in a way it was.

“Yeah. I’m at the house. But for how long, I don’t know.”

“That sucks.” Ruby sighed as she slouched down on a bench and dropped her bag which made a big thumping sound that startled me.

“Well. Yeah in a way. I don’t know if that’s why they’re treating me this way. Because they think that I’m in with the principal.”

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