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“I’m not getting my date arrested.”

“But she’s not blood!”

“Well, she only gave me head, so...”

Gah!

“I think maybe that still counts as seducing a minor?” Jacob said.

“Does it?” Liam shrugged. “Huh.”

“It’s really tempting to just tell the cops the drugs are Leo’s,” Axel said.

“That’s just as bad as throwing Liam’s hot date under the bus,” RJ said.

“But he’s already gotten in trouble with the law. It’s at least believable.”

“We’re not getting Leo sent back to wilderness camp just because he’s kissed me a couple times,” I said.

“Then what do you want to do?” Axel asked. “We’ll take your lead.”

“I don’t know!”

“She’s not a part of this anymore,” RJ said. “It’s a Hunter Hunter Stevens Miller mess around. Not a Hunter Hunter Hunter Stevens Miller mess around.”

“What about me?” Liam’s date asked.

Who even are you?! “Fire!” I yelled again.

The shorter cop gave me a dirty look and turned back to Sophie.

“We’re only going to ask you one more time,” he said. “Are these drugs yours?”

Mr. Halifax stepped in front of Sophie. “No,” he said. “She found them in the hallway and shoved them in her purse so no one else would find them. And she came straight to me to turn them in.”

“Is he covering for her?” Axel whispered. “Or is that what Sophie told him?”

“I have no idea,” I said.

“Is that true, miss?” the tall cop asked.

Sophie looked up at Mr. Halifax and then back at the cop. “Yes. I found them and went straight to my teacher like the good girl I am.”

“Eye roll,” RJ said.

The cop nodded. “We appreciate you giving us a call about a potential drug bust tonight,” he said to Mr. Halifax.

“So he called ahead of time?” Axel asked. “Before he knew it was Soph? I think he was covering for her.”

“They’re definitely going to fuck,” Liam said.

“Sh.” I hit his arm. I was still trying to eavesdrop.

“We’re going to have to take this,” the cop said.

“Wait.” The shorter one peered into the purse. “One second.” He grabbed his keys from his pocket and cut into the half-kilo in Sophie’s purse. He put some on his finger and sniffed it. “I think this is lavender scented baby powder.”

“What?” The other cop lifted the purse up to his face and sniffed it. He shook his head and then sighed. “Definitely baby powder.” He shoved the purse back into Sophie’s arms.