The Phoenix Plan

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be right behind you. I won'

soothe, but they sent

e said "a

s now standing in the doorway, watch

ep my voice steady. "Okay, E

play alon

the restroom,

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lright, dear?

just worried. He's going to f

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k didn't say anything, just

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door and scrambled ou

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ped cars, ignoring the

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entrance acro

ugh a gap in the traffic, m

nd kept running, deeper into the

epartment store, hiding behind a

hone

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ed, then

Dr. Miller. You

ofessional. The one th

ve to help me. My parents, they

e years ago, Ella. He took his own life after his SATs. What you're experiencing, these impostors, it's

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no

alive. He

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arents and Ethan are very worried about you. They're

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m,

... hallu

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