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get into my room, tack up a picture, and get out. Did this mean she was innocent? Was she really

not my stalker? Not the killer?

No. I refused to believe it. Until I figured out who S.O. was or found out something majorly

disturbing about Astrid or someone else, Ivy was still the only person with a real motive. The only

person with a psycho stare. The only person who had both a motive to kill Cheyenne and a motive

to stalk me. Maybe she had an accomplice. Maybe she'd gotten Jillian or someone else to put the

picture up while I was in the bathroom. Or maybe the photo had been there all afternoon and I

just hadn't noticed it.

I quickly opened up my laptop and typed up a new e-mail to Noelle.

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Noelle,

I think Ivy killed Cheyenne. You need to be careful. She told me everything about what happened

with her grandmother your junior year. She blames you for everything. Please. If you won't talk to

me, at least watch your back.

-Reed

My fingers trembling, I sent the e-mail into the ether, just hoping that Noelle would read it. That

maybe there was some tiny soft spot left in her heart that trusted me enough to at least open an

e-mail.

Ivy had to be the culprit. She had to be. Because if she wasn't, then I was truly at a loss. And the

enemy could be anyone.

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NEW QUEEN BITCH

Amberly Carmichael was getting on my last nerve.As I sat alone at a table in the conservatory on

Friday night, she led a group of Billings Girls up to the Coffee Carma counter like she owned the

place. Which I suppose she did, technically. But just the counter. Not the entire school. And just to

make things worse, the girls she was with--Missy, Lorna, and even Rose, Kiki, and Portia--trailed

after her as if she was the new queen bee. As if they were in awe of her. Of a twitty little freshman

who would have prostrated herself at their feet a few weeks ago for the mere privilege of talking

to them. It was all so very, very wrong.

"Daddy wanted to go to Australia this Christmas. Can you believe it?" Amberly said, loud enough

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