Chapter 24The three-hour class was taking its first break by the time Hailee arrived. Hailee was only in the foyer for a few minutes, watching Professor Browne lecture through a small window in the door, before the scraping of chairs covered up any other sounds. When Kit came out of the room, she was right after a group of girls who seemed far too young to be in this course. Kit smiled almost immediately upon seeing Hailee.
“Hey, you,” she said, and then quickly glanced down at her phone. “Sorry! I put this on Do Not Disturb. I didn’t know you texted.” She furrowed her brows as she read the messages. “Everything okay?”
“No,” Hailee said. She realized she was probably making this worse with how dower and sad she looked. But how did you tell someone this? She extended her hands to Kit, hop
