I grin. “Good boy.”
Then turn and climb back into the car.
Mira stares at me as I pull the door shut. “Wow. I thought you were actually going to get down with him.”
I buckle my seatbelt and look at her.
“Oh please. The man smelled like expired pepper soup.”
She bursts out laughing.
“Start the engine,” I tell her.
She presses the accelerator just as the guard drags the gate open and we drive into Crystal High.
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~SARA~
Forty-five minutes.
That’s how long we’ve been driving around this place.
Crystal High is enormous. The buildings lines endlessly under the night lights. Lecture halls, dorms, laboratories, sports arenas. A stranger would mistake it for a small town.
I cross my arms and glare at Mira. "We’ve been driving forever. Do you still remember where the alley is?”
