CHAPTER 27
I was relieved, perplexed, and worried. I hadn't really believed Jayashree Patel was a rival, but she did make me feel insecure. Maybe it stemmed from my fear of abandonment, from believing for so long that my dad had ditched me. Nah, I just didn't like beautiful girls hanging around my boyfriend. End of story.
I wished I knew what was going on with Kip. One minute, refusing to go to work, the next, racing to get there. If this was about the upcoming vote (which made sense, since Jayashree was liaison to the commissioners), then why all the secrecy? And who was I-C-U? Was it Benjamin Wolf? Commissioner Williams? Someone else? Kip said he didn't think it was Wolf and I didn't think it was Commissioner Williams (he seemed more like a toady than a blackmailer to me). It couldn't
