JASMINEI woke up to forty-seven unread messages and a missed call from a number I didn't recognize.For a few seconds, I just stared at my phone, still caught somewhere between sleep and waking, wondering why so many people had tried to reach me before eight in the morning. Then I opened the first message and saw that it was from Bella.Bella: Jasmine. Call me. Something's going around campus about you and someone. I don't know how true it is, but people are talking.I sat up immediately, the sleep clearing from my eyes.My fingers suddenly felt colder than they should have been as I scrolled through the rest of the notifications. Ari had called three times, and Bella had sent two more messages after the first one, each one sounding more anxious than the last.There was another missed call from the unknown number, but no voicemail, no explanation, nothing except the uneasy feeling that whatever had happened, it had already moved faster than I could react.Then, worse of all, I notice
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