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It clicks.

I understand.

If and when I open the envelope.

If and when I read the contents.

If and when I find out who I am and who my family is…

That’s when Archer is going to kill me for real.

Chapter 19

“Two words,” Maz says. “Lake. Party.”

“Yeah?” I ask. “Well, I have two words for you.”

“Fuck you," Birdie says.

Maz and I both look at her.

She shrugs her shoulders. “I was taking a wild guess.”

“Oh,” I say. “No, that’s not what I was going to say.”

“Too bad,” Birdie says.

Then she snaps her fingers and points at me, smiling.

“I get it,” I say. “My two words?Fucking. Envelope.”

“What?” Maz asks.

“This,” I say.

I reach into my bag and take out the envelope Archer gave me last night.

I toss it to the table in the living room of the dorm.

“Are you getting kicked out already?” Birdie asks.

“No,” I say. “That’s information about my family.”

“What?” Birdie yells.

She lunges for the envelope.

Maz swats her hand away.

“Archer gave it to me,” I say.

Both Maz and Birdie look at me.

“Yeah,” I say.

“Well, at least he didn’t kill you,” Birdie whispers.

“Yet,” Maz says.

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