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Sk? had t? ??t?h herself before she ??it out h?r juice. "W?ll, it's nice t? kn?w I'm mi???d."
"I think Nico mi???d him the most. Kept saying that if Knox was th?r?, they ??uld g?t a r??l g?m? ?t?rt?d."
"Well-"
"Can ??u b?li?v? that today is th? l??t day?" Jul?? ??k?d dr?m?ti??ll?. "Th?r? are so m?n? ????l? I ?till haven't m?t ?nd I d?n't know h?w I am g?ing to meet them ?ll."
Sk? could h??r the panic in Jules's voice ?nd knew she w?? b?ing ??m?l?t?l? ??ri?u?.
"I'm sure ??u'll be able t? figure it ?ut ??m?h?w," ?h? ?n??ur?g?d h?r.
"D? you h?v? t?d?? ?ff?" Jules asked, h?r mind ???m?d t? b? all ?v?r the place.
"I d?."
"G?tting in ??m? quality Kn?x tim??" Jules ??k?d quietly.
"A?tu?ll?-"
"How l?t? did L?ui? k??? you w?rking l??t night?" J?hnn? int?rru?t?d, sliding in n?xt t? Sk?.
"So late," she ??id, relieved t? have a ?h?ng? ?f t??i??. "I'm g?tting ?ff th? ?hi? in order to ?v?id him. If I'm not here th?n he ??n't giv? m? work to d?."
"Sm?rt. Hopefully h?'ll b? in a better m??d t?d??," J?hnn? ??id.
"I heard ?b?ut the w?? h? was acting ???t?rd??. Wh?t w?? wrong?" Jul?? ??k?d.
"M??b? ??u ?h?uld ask Sk? h?r?," he ??id.
"Wh?t happened?" she ??k?d, h?r face intent.
"Like I w?uld know," Sk? ??id ???il?. "I didn't get a chance b?tw??n ?ll m? jobs t? ?it down t? t?? with him and ??k him what was b?th?ring him."
"C?m? gr?b f??d with m?," And?r? ??id, nodding his head in th? dir??ti?n ?f th? buffet.
"I ?lr??d? h?v? f??d," she said. He g?v? her a pointed l??k ?nd ?h? jum??d u? fr?m h?r ???t to f?ll?w him.
"H?w was th?t fr??h air l??t night?" h? kn?wingl? asked.
She ?mil?d. "Refreshing and ?m?zing!"
"G??d, b???u?? I h?v? ??m?thing f?r ??u."
Sk? g?v? him a qu??ti?ning l??k ?nd ?lm??t jumped wh?n h? t??k h?r h?nd.
"What?" Sky l??k?d d?wn ?t th?ir j?in?d h?nd?.
"B? careful," h? ??id, giving h?r hand a l??k b?f?r? w?lking away to ?it ?t a t?bl?.
Sk? ??t?d ???u?l ?? ?h? fini?h?d ?ff a f?w m?r? bit?? ?nd th?n excused h?r??lf fr?m th? t?bl?. Sh? du?k?d into a ?m?ll closet, ?n?? she l?ft the dining hall, ?nd ???n?d the ?i??? ?f paper And?r? h?d ?li???d her.
"I h?v? a ?ur?ri?? for ??u! M??t m? when you ??n. Kn?x."
Sky couldn't fight th? ?mil? spreading across h?r f???, ?r th? flutt?r in her stomach, ?? ?h? r?r??d th? ?h?rt message from Kn?x ?nd ?tudi?d the ?ddr??? ?n the b?tt?m.
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Sk? ??id ?nd th?nk?d th? t?xi driv?r, when he ??m? t? a ?t??, at the ?ddr??? Kn?x h?d given her. Sh? didn't kn?w wh?r? ?x??tl? she w??. Sh? h?d n?v?r been this far fr?m the ??rt before.
