SEBASTIAN'S POV"Did you know?"Those three words sat in the corridor between us and I looked at Eli standing there with his phone in his hand and Devon's voice still echoing in the air and felt everything I had been building crack straight down the middle."Eli." I started."Answer the question." He said quietly. Not loud. Not angry. Just flat and direct and completely still the way Eli got when something had genuinely landed."It is not what Devon is making it sound like." I insisted."I did not ask what Devon is making it sound like." He pressed. "I asked if you knew."I looked at him.He looked back at me.The corridor was empty around us. Late afternoon light coming through the far window. The whole building quiet."I knew Devon was planning something that night." I disclosed. "I did not know specifically what. I did not know about the drink." I paused. "I knew something was going to happen and I did not stop it."Eli said nothing."I was laughing because Devon made a joke." I co
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