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"Well, that went just about as well as could be expected," Claudia said, breaking the silence ere halfway to her house

"It wasn’t so bad," I said

"What do you mean?" Cosette said

"Yeah, those people sucked, but did you notice the ones along the sidelines?"

"Beth, Tiffany, and Yvonne Yes I noticed," Raphael said

"They’ll be in with us So, that’sThe rest see reed with Luciana found a way to leave--like your parents, Mom, and Tia Rosa--and the rest here are complacent"

"Yes," Claudia said

I blew out a breath Well, it wasn’t a total waste We’d learned soood, but knoas half the battle

I texted Mo more food and she promised to come by tomorroith a truckload

Until then, I needed to get a ga hthteen

I’d thought the dreaet worse But they did

I was drowning in the i

Dastien ith Iazeher His back was to ut There was no et a breath in

This hy people cut themselves off fro I’d ever felt and I wasn’t sure I’d survive

Just when I thought I couldn’t take anyed