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Chapter 28
"Hey... I'm sorry about what happened earlier."
Zara shakes her head. "That doesn't matter right now, I'll kill you after you get out of this hell hole!"
She continues. "But now, we've got to figure out a way to get your ass out of here."
She's the only person I could call. There's no way I was calling my mom or my sister and tell them I'd been locked up for possession of cocaine. They would have instantly got a heart attack.
And Ren and Dee, I know they got me but I didn't want to bother them since they are miles away. Plus, they are also on internship.
So, Zara was the only person I could reach out to."Tell me everything."
I explain the whole Eli drama. Him leaving the bag and vanishing. The police coming to arrest him but instead arrested me. And finally, me being thrown into this shell of a place.
"Where's this Eli?"
I shake my head.
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