“No,” I lied. “I don’t really know anyone here, remember?”He paused.“I got jumped,” he said. “Walking home from school.”“I’m so sorry,” I said again. I sounded like an idiot, repeating the same stupid phrase, but I didn’t want to say anything that would give too much away.“Yeah, my dad’s pretty pissed,” he continued. “They got my viola.”“That sucks,” I said. “Will he get you a new one?”Jonah shook his head slowly. “He said no. He can’t afford it. And that I should have been more careful with it.”Concern crossed my face. “But I thought you said that was your ticket out?”He shrugged.“What will you do?” I asked.“I don’t know.”“Maybe the cops will find it,” I said. I remembered, of course, that it was broken, but I thought that by saying this, it would help prove to him that I didn’t know.He looked me over carefully, as if trying to judge if I was lying.Finally, he said, “They smashed it.” He paused. “Some people just feel the need to destroy other peoples’ stuff,
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