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That night Savannah didn’t come home. Mia had no idea what was going on, but Bob didn’t come and ask any questions so she guessed that he must at least know where she was. Unless she’d lied to him.

Unsurprisingly, she didn’t sleep well. Every time she tried to block out her thoughts, they came rushing back to haunt her. Did Ryan really like her? Or was it just something that Tyler had made up? But if that was the case, why hadn’t Ryan argued against it? Mia realised she’d hadn’t even given a thought to the article she was meant to be writing. Now Annie wasn’t on her side, she was sure being part of the group again wouldn’t be an option. But right now, that didn’t seem to matter.

The next day, Savannah still didn’t come home. When Mia went downstairs for breakfast, both Bob and her mom had gone to the grocery store to do the weekly shop. It wasn’t until after she’d managed to force some toast