"Were you?" Mr. Dallas continued, "Julia?" "Alex? " Julia laid the pressure on me. What was Julia's deal and why did she seem so immersed in a battle that wasn't hers in the first place? "Hmm, " Mr. Dallas adjusted for comfort, "There's something we call 'The Last Card', in cases like this, where the situation seems unclear, we refrain from any form of action until our 'suspect' here isn't proven otherwise. Then we can take action. We can flip the last card. " "Alex? " Julia called again staring at me this time with contempt. "Alex, I'll ask one more time, has Marlowe been bullying you? " the principal said. "Alexander, " Mrs. Ruffalo finally spoke, "Don't ruin the chance to make it stop. Be brave and leave the rest to us. " My heart pounded rapidly, and with every throb, a pain in my chest. They didn't understand, no one did, what Marlowe was. "No, he hasn't, " I replied the principal as my face fell to the ground. "You're going to preten
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