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On her way out the doors Halli heard someone call my name.
It was Will. He’d obviously been heading for first lunch when he saw her leave the building.
Halli kept going. She had a plan in mind, and it didn’t involve wasting time talking to Will.
“Audie,” he called again, and jogged over toward her. Halli resisted the urge to take off running in the opposite direction. She wasn’t in the mood to be scowled at or scolded by Will. Still, he had been generous once, giving her that refurbished phone. Halli knew she owed him at least some courtesy. If he could behave, she’d give him a few minutes.
“Where are you going?” he asked. He knew I had the same lunch as his sister and Gemma, after fourth period. I should be in class right then.
“Away,” Halli answered.
“Away...where?”
“I have so
