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As November wore on with no more strange incidents, Carolyn almost forgot the crazy drama around the letters and the vandalism. She plunged into preparing her final exams, and spent hours helping the lagging students get their grades up. The semester passed in a blur of swirling autumn leaves and red pencil marks on papers. She spent Thanksgiving with her office neighbor Amanda and her family. She occasionally spotted Aiden with various girls around campus, which was normal behavior for a freshman. He would wave at her but show no signs of wanting to talk to her.
Perhaps he was afraid of another secondhand smoke incident.
The FBI called and told her that they'd gotten word that Joseph Brown had returned to the Light Keepers. They refused to comment on whether something unusual was go
