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*thumbs up emoji*

Vi

*100 emoji*

Eva

I don’t have time to date!

Rory

He’s *fire emoji* *fire emoji* *fire emoji*

Did he treat you right?

Eva

I like him. A lot.

Now can we drop this?

Rory

How’d it go fr fr?

Eva

Really well. So well.

Rory

!!!!! Get it!!!

Vi

WAIT! Is that why you were all red and giggly during bio-chem?

Eva

I plead the fifth.

Sage

About fucking time.

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ALEKSANDR

Dmitri

How do you like my present?

The message slidup from the bottom of my screen, and I ignored it, just as I’d ignored every single message from him for the last decade.

Except the one that gave me Eva Jackson, even if I knew playing Dmitri’s games would only ever end in tragedy. Or violence. Or both.

Unexpected sadness weighed in my heart. I missed my brother in arms.

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