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chapter nine

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Ashley

Lunch has just begun, and the cafeteria is already buzzing with voices and the clatter of cups and trays. I sit with Eva, tracing the rim of my cup with my finger, half-listening to the noise around me, half-lost in thought, yet thinking about nothing in particular. The tables fill up fast. No one else joins us—it’s just me and Eva. I like it that way, or at least I tell myself I do.

Eva leans in and nudges me gently. “Come sit with us,” she says, nodding toward the opposite end of the dining hall, where a group of girls are seated.

I scan the group—they're unfamiliar faces, too much attention.

They look like they take their studies, Justin Bieber, and K-fashion choices seriously. I shake my head with a small smile and politely decline—not out of hate or any other emotion. I just can’t sit through questions I would be uncomfortable with.

Questions pertaining to my late admission—I still haven’t found a convincing answer yet.

“I’m good here.”

She rolls her eyes in that exaggera
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