Chapter Nine-1

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Chapter Nine Screwing Dalton “That bastard bother you?” These were the first words I heard from Dalton’s lips as he walked behind me in the lunch line. He had a kind of backwoods, sexy Southern drawl, although it was nothing like Harper Doyle’s gentlemanly accent. Like me, Dalton was using a punch ticket for the midday meal. I don’t know why I bothered, the food was gross. Except that I’d been late that morning and didn’t make my usual sandwich. I heard him and turned, immediately freezing up as soon as I realized who was asking questions. I didn’t have to guess what he meant when he mentioned ‘the bastard’, he knew my secret. I suppose by then it wasn’t much of a secret to anyone. But he was the first person to actually mention the incidents with Eric Danforth. I’d begun to wonder if t

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