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“We’re going out with Chloe Avana tonight,” Trihn whispered to Stacia and Maya.
They were hanging out backstage, waiting for Chloe to finish up. She was playing back-to-back shows at MGM, which was the only reason she wasn’t leaving the venue to hop on a plane for her next show in a different city.
“It’s insane,” Maya whispered back. “I can’t believe Bryna knows her that well.”
“That’s so Bri—to just hold back her movie-star connections like that. I mean, we didn’t even meet Gates until last semester,” Stacia said. “Though I guess she and Chloe aren’t close or anything.”
“No, they definitely are not close,” Trihn agreed. “Chloe seemed to be a little terrified of Bri.”
“Isn’t everyone?” Maya only half-joked.
“True.”
Bryna had finished her vodka tonic and had run off to get anothe
