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The Last Lesson Is Goodbye Chapter 11
Juno was wearing a fraud-prevention volunteer vest and sorting through a stack of anti-scam pamphlets. When she heard me come in, she looked up, and our eyes met.In the 4 years since I had last seen her, she had grown noticeably thinner. Her gaze settled on me before shifting to Kenzie, who was clinging tightly to my arm. Slowly, she rose to her feet."Cooper, it's been a long time."Her voice was hoarse.I nodded, keeping my tone distant. "It has, Ms. Halloran."Kenzie peeked out curiously. "Cooper, you know this volunteer?""Just someone I used to know," I said flatly.An officer walked over carrying a statement and patted Juno on the shoulder."Ms. Halloran, thanks for coming in to help with the tracing again today. If it weren't for an anti-fraud expert like you, it would take us a lot longer to track down these overseas accounts."Meanwhile, Kenzie tugged on my sleeve, looking wounded."Babe, am I really dumb? I wanted to buy some in-game items, and the guy said that
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After I turned down yet another old man trying to sell me a fake SIM card, Juno spoke quietly."You've learned. Now you can see through people's lies at a glance."My tone remained calm."You don't have to follow me anymore."Juno lowered her eyes, and a bitter smile tugged at the corner of her mouth."Right. You're not the same fool who could get scammed out of his entire living allowance anymore. You don't need me now either."I no longer hated her. Her lessons about spotting scams had helped me avoid plenty of traps over the past few months. In a way, I was even grateful. That was as far as it went, though. Forgiving her was out of the question.The next day, she left Port Delford, and my life finally became quiet again.That peace lasted exactly 1 month.A deposit of $1,500 suddenly appeared in my bank account. There was no memo and no sender information. Since there was no way to return it, I left it alone. On the same day the following month, another $1,500 arrived, agai
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In the days that followed, Juno retreated into the shadows across the street. She no longer waited at the bottom of the steps with an umbrella, and she no longer showed up carrying neatly packaged grad school prep materials. Instead, she simply followed me from the other side of the road, never too close and never too far.On Friday evening, I was sitting in a corner booth at a diner, eating a bowl of chicken noodle soup, when a middle-aged woman slid into the seat across from me. She pulled out a bottle of supplements with a foreign label and flashed me a friendly smile."Hey, handsome. You look awfully pale. I can tell you're run-down. These are special imported supplements. I'm trying to hit my sales quota today, so I'll give them to you at half price."I had been working late every night, and my back pain and migraines really had been getting worse. Thinking she might be genuine, I took out my card and got ready to pay.A slender hand suddenly came down on the card reader she h
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For the next 2 weeks, Port Delford was trapped under a relentless stretch of rain. As a new hire, my workload was brutal, and I rarely left the office before 10 p.m.Juno really had not left.At 11 p.m. one night, I walked out of the office building and found her standing beneath a streetlight. She always had a bottle of cold water in her hand."Have some water. Don't let yourself get dehydrated."I did not take it. I did not even look at her."Excuse me."I was too busy to waste time stopping and telling her to leave. Unfortunately, she took my indifference as a sign that I was starting to soften.One day, I got into a cab to meet a client, only to realize the moment I sat down that Juno had paid the driver extra to pick me up. The AC was set to exactly 79 degrees.She was trying to make up for every little thing she owed me, one by one.It all felt ridiculous.Then, on a rainy night near the end of the month, I walked out of the office building after another late shift and
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I had just finished a full day of orientation and was walking out of the office building when someone grabbed my hand.Juno's eyes were bloodshot, and she looked as though she had not slept in days. She grabbed both of my shoulders and looked me over frantically."Are you hurt? Do you have enough money? Did anyone scam you out of your living allowance? Is the place you're renting safe? You don't even know your way around here. Do you have any idea when people are overcharging you?"Back in freshman year, when she broke into that pyramid scheme hideout and pulled me into her arms, she had used that same anxious tone. She told me that from then on, I only needed to trust her. Now the biggest liar of all was standing right in front of me."I'm fine. No one scammed me."I stepped back, putting some distance between us."Juno, we broke up. What I do is none of your business."Her hands froze in midair. She stood there in a daze for a few seconds before the panic slowly faded from her
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Brent's face quickly settled into an easy smile."Yeah, he did. He texted me just now and said he's at the library, focused on studying. If he's not answering you, he's obviously still mad and just trying to get your attention. You promised you'd spend today having fun with me."He hooked his arm through hers. Juno slipped her phone back into her pocket. The explanation sounded perfectly reasonable, and it was enough to bury the faint unease that had been nagging at her."Fine. Let's go to the next ride."The fireworks show went on that night as scheduled, and bursts of color lit up the sky over Starfall Park. Juno stood among the crowd and watched a cluster of green fireworks bloom overhead. Green was my favorite color. Once I calmed down, she would buy me one of those new limited-edition collectible figures and bring me back here again. That would be enough. She accepted that conclusion without a second thought.Her certainty lasted until the next morning, when she showed up at
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