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Chapter 46

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Laura

Registration day fell on a Tuesday. The sun was too bright. The campus was too crowded. I stood in a line that wrapped around the gymnasium and tried not to think about how badly I wanted to turn around and go home.

Chloe was next to me. She had decided to commute too. Not because of a boyfriend. Because of money. She said dorms were expensive and she would rather spend that cash on clothes and coffee. I did not argue.

"This line is never going to move," she said.

"It is moving."

"We have
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