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~~SLOANE~~
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The little space we’re crammed into suddenly feels a million times tighter.
It’s not just the size—though the narrow walkway barely fits four people without bumping elbows. It’s the tension in the air that makes me feel imprisoned. It’s the way Jade stands too still. The way Serena is vibrating with fury. The way Knox hasn’t said a word since Jade and Serena arrived.
I don’t even know how we ended up here, all of us.
Were they following me? Did my mom actually send Serena and Jade to guard me? As if I’m a flight-risk teenager and not a grown woman.
And Jade? Don't even get me started on that part. Jade, of all people—my mom’s husband who doubles as the poster child for her endless “you need a good man” lectures—is working for Knox. I don’t even have the mental ban
