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ELISE
I didn’t know how he did it, but Colin had an ability to put me at ease. Andy…well, at first I wanted to impress him. He was older, but he was also one of my teaching assistants. He had power over me from the beginning. For him, his age and position were things he used to convince me to do things. For Colin, his age was something that gave him an ability to read people.
“Where are we going?” I asked him as we walked deeper into the woods. When he asked if I wanted to take a walk, I was excited about the idea. As we went farther and farther from the barn and the world I knew, I grew uneasy. Was I foolish for thinking I could trust him?
“Nicky gave me the idea. He mentioned a secret place that I forgot about. I haven’t been there since I was a kid. Do you want me to send you a pi
