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2022-12-28 22:12:14GABRIEL
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"Are you okay?" Harper asked me from across the table.
"Sure," I said, placing my phone back in my pocket.
I was not okay. I could feel my heart fall all the way to my feet. I was overwhelmed by a sinking feeling. Something was not right. Things were about to go wrong. Extremely wrong.
I decided to think about that later. I decided instead to focus on my date with Harper. I had told myself that she was my priority and I wasn't going to let anything change that. I would think about the text when I got to my dorm room.
I was somehow able to forget about th
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