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42. I Have a Plan
Josh POV
I raced over to the cell door just as she appeared in front of it. The relief and worry that hit me simultaneously almost made my knees buckle on the spot.
Allie was trying to communicate with her eyes, and I followed her gaze to the guard stationed nearby. She wanted me to be quiet. She approached and held out the breakfast tray, but didn’t release her grip on it.
“Did you attack me?” she whispered. What the fuck? The boggart.
“No, but a boggart disguised as you stabbed me,” I whispered back. She lowered her eyes and a look of guilt swam on her face that felt like a punch in the gut. “Allie, how could you think I’d do that to you?”
“I didn’t want to believe it, but it was so real, Josh,” she said quietly, those
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