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I open my mouth to say something, but close it again. Augustine says, “I know how suspicious that sounds, believe me, I know. But I will vouch for him. Damien and I are closer than I’ve let on. He may be one of the few people I trust enough to call my friend.” “Do you have any reasons other than him being a good friend?” Augustine spends a few seconds in silence, thinking. “He pushed Emilienne to do her work and study hard. Emilienne…she had trouble with her studies. She was always falling behind. She hated that about herself, but she didn’t want Damien’s help. She wouldn’t pay attention during his lectures and she barely did any of her work he assigned. I think she just got to a point where she gave up on trying to stay with the studies. Damien tried to help her as much as he could, bu
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