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ALICE
"I'm so sorry Cynth," I got her in the vehicle, "are you ok to get home?"
"You're not coming back?" She looked confused and then surprised, "Ohhhh," she wiggled her eyebrows.
"No. Don't you start too. I'm nothing to him."
"That wasn't how it looked hun," she glanced behind me and even though he hadn't come outside, I knew he was watching. I could feel Amara pushing towards him and being impatient with the conversation I was having because she wanted to get back to him. The only reason I was even staying behind was to drive home a threat. I refuse to let Cynthia get caught up in this.
"Look, he's bad news. His friends are bad news and if they hang out here, I know I'm not your mother, but I don't wa
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