Chapter Six
After Mr. Lewis and Gideon, I had an evening meeting with Mrs. Hunt and Lucas. Then I moved on to Mr. Marin and Elliot.
Gideon was never assigned another elderly kep to talk to.
Every time PAM notified me of another evening assignment, my gut would tighten. I tried to tell myself it was just because I hated leaving Mari and didn’t want to spend my whole evening listening to a kep tell me how wonderful the domes were. But I couldn’t really convince myself that was the whole reason I couldn’t eat before the meetings.
I was the only one in my class always being called to the atrium. Mrs. Hale had said it wasn’t a punishment, but I was unquestionably being singled out. And if whatever reason she had began to morph into suspicion, I didn’t know how long Mari and I would last.
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