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She found it on a Monday.Not looking for it. She'd been in the library reading about wave mechanics, which was a topic she genuinely liked and had nothing to do with foundation annual reports or governance clauses.But the library also had the school's historical archive, and the historical archive was near the wave mechanics section, and she happened to look sideways at the wrong moment.A folder on the archive shelf. Durman Academy History: 1980-2000.She told herself she was not going to open it.

The last day of term arrived without drama.Which was, Lena thought, possibly the most remarkable thing about it.She cleared her locker at three-fifteen, which took longer than expected because she'd been storing things in there since September that she hadn't meant to leave this long. A chess book. Three highlighters she thought she'd lost. The programme from the Outstanding Student ceremony.And at the back of the locker, tucked behind the chess book: a small card she didn't recognise.She pulled it out.It was the size of an index card when you looked at it. On one side of it was written a message in handwriting she knew well: For the record: the deal was never real. This was always real.On the other side was another message: 'You can keep this as documentation.' I know you like documentation.She looked at it for a long moment, a really long time, and it all started to occur to her.She thought: he put this here in October. The first wee