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Jared grinned at her and leaned his elbows on the table "Hitout He stood in the doorway, looking like Kaate of Eden must have looked at the otten past him

Jared stood up "I write for the school paper now"

Kaela lanced over at Kami and nodded, with sudden decision "Yes," he proceeded "That’s it I’m very interested in affairs"

Ash’s lip curled "What do you mean ‘affairs’?"

"Current ones," said Jared

"So look at Ka out from behind the desk to stand in front of Kami "And about that," he continued "Now that Kami and I have met, she likes me better than you So you can leave"

Kami made another involuntary sound of protest

Jared wheeled around "What?" he deain with that insistent, intent look "You do, don’t you? Kaave Jared a solid push in the chest "Look," she said "Even if Kahly doubt she did, we run it together So we both decide rites for the paper, and so far, I think you’re obviously unsuitable, due to the fact that you’re obviously unstable Give lare for glare "For Ka to write for the paper because Ka to leave Ka to kill her"

Chapter Ten

Falling All Around You

Chaos descended on Kaave Jared an appalled stare and shut the door with a sla off the coot in Jared’s face "That’s not funny Where the hell do you get off saying so," Jared said coldly "So to kill her Tell them, Kami!"

Everyone looked at Ka to killdeal out of it"

Now everyone was looking at her in the saela whirled on her "So to kill you, and you didn’t tellshocked or scared That was Angela’s way of dealing

Ka to tell you I couldn’t think of how to put it, and I knew you would freak out"

"Of course I’ out! Who wouldn’t freak out? Anyone would, apart from you, because you are a suicidal idiot!"

"Uh," said Holly aardly "A to kill Kao to the police?" She looked around at the group and gave an apologetic s forward to explaining this "We can’t do that; I already told the police I wasn’t pushed down the well"

"Down the well," Angela repeated, and had to go sit down and hold on to her letter opener It was in the shape of a dagger Angela said holding it soothed her; seeing Angela hold it did not soothe Kami

Ash cleared his throat "And ould you say that?"

"Because when I told theht Jared had done it"

Everybody’s eyes swung to Jared

"Jared didn’t do it," Kaerous tone "Sit Explain"

Ka chair, sat, and explained It took so in with unnecessary questions

"What do youenough clothes?" Ash de coldly at Jared "Where were your clothes?"

Jared had his back to the wall, which Kaht was a reflex when he was unco so," she clailance "Yes," he said slowly "Zen jogging I wasn’t wearing that many clothes because--that’s part of the process You’re meant to commune with the elements Normally, I wouldn’t have worn lish are a ainst this desk, ela ainst this desk …" She eyed Jared speculatively

"So, anyway!" said Kami "To recap: Someone shoved me into a well In order to clear the name of my unjustly accused and indeed heroic rescuer"--she paused to see the effect of this praise on Angela; it see no ice at all--"I had to hide this fro to have to find out who did it ourselves"

Holly sela wasn’t ser had beco Kaot a lot of practice with that, due to being the girl who spoke to someone in her head It wasn’t like all of this sounded plausible, even without the question of Zen jogging

"Why would anyone want to kill you?" Ash asked in a calhed "I have no idea"

"Doesn’t it have to be whoever killed that fox?" Holly asked

"That’s what I was thinking, but why?" Kami wondered aloud "It’s not like he can stop me before I reveal all I told the police! I put it in the paper! All has never been so revealed"

Angela put down her letter opener "Maybe he wants revenge"