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Chapter 43
I rush to the cafeteria, to the table, then to Jana. She is sitting with Watts, Taylor, and Jordan, but I yank her up and drag her out, ignoring her "what are you doing" and "Hailey, what's going on" until we make it out of the cafeteria doors. The hallways are sparse with students, and I take her back to where Sam took me, yet he's gone as I expected. I wonder what he's thinking.
I let her go and she lets out a weird laugh. "Will you tell me what that was all about? You know, I could have followed you, you didn't have to pull me out."
"Shut up," I breathe out, panicking. "Something bad has happened."
Her face turns serious. "What? Is it Harrison? Daphne? Did they do something?"
"Actually, yes, but I need to explain, and before I do,
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