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Chapter 21: Roommate Night

Author: Kawey
last update publish date: 2026-09-11 22:45:31

The deadbolt turns. Jessie looks up from her biology textbook, highlighter still pressed to the page. Tinsley stands with her back against the door, arms crossed. Brooke sits cross-legged on the floor between the two beds, three bottles of nail polish lined up neat, the first one already uncapped and brushing air.

"You're not leaving this room until you talk," Tinsley says.

"About what?" Jessie asks.

Brooke swirls the brush against the bottle rim without looking up. "About which hockey player y
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