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Chapter 78

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Andy

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come here. I just thought I could help, that if we all worked together, we'd be able to figure out who the attacker is." Nate apologises, standing up from his seat, with Gabby's hand still holding on to his arm.

My dad steps up beside Sam, looking from Adrian to Nate as if trying to figure out a solution, but I doubt there is one. Nate had his chance to come clean, to get Adrian off the hook and still he's kept his mouth shut.

"Let's just start back at the beginning," Dad suggests, holding firm in the middle of Adrian and Nate. "What happened the night of Claire's 18th? You were never on the invite list, so how did it come about that you ended up here?" Dad asks Nate.

"I didn't want to come, no offence Claire, but I had plans that night already." Nate starts, sitting himself back down on the couch.

"Plans with your girlfriend?" Gabby inquires, as if that's relevant to the story somehow.

"Plans with my parents." Nate clears up, and Gabby smiles to hers
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