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Chapter Twenty-One: Leap of Faith Part One
It was late in the morning. There was a knock on my door.
“Sam, sweetie, it’s us,” Katie said in a motherly tone. “Please open the door.”
“Go away.” I was sobbing on my bed, curling up like a cooked shrimp while wrapping myself in my blanket. I heard Li’s voice said that they thought I might be okay in the morning, but last night was beyond embarrassing; I couldn’t bear to go out in public again. I was hoping to wait out inside my apartment for weeks until everyone forgot the whole thing.
“Come on, Sam,” Katie exclaimed. “We all know that was a fruit punch spilled in your pants.”
“That wasn’t pee?” Brock said. There was a brief pause before Katie threw him a flurry of scolding words.
“Sam, open up.” Wilt banged the door.
“Please, I don’t want to talk right now!”
They didn’t leave, and they’ve been hounding for twenty minutes. Sounding impatient, Wilt ordered, “Brock, break the door.”
“If you say so,” he agreed in a sing
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