to Room 302. Em

her knees beside her own bed and reached into the hidden

out the b

ng the lid open. Her fingers flew across

green glow. Her eyes shifted. Gone was the bo

point," she muttered to herself. "But until I

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wrote a scrip

abeled it Donor_List_Platinum.

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her pillow. She grabbed a Vogue magazine from Whi

by a girl Dallas hadn't met. Penny Moon. Pe

ney is looking for yo

bed without looking up fro

pillow where the laptop was hidden. There was a s

s phone

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n said softly. C

out into the hallway. The adrenaline w

orty minutes of stop-and-go motion that made her stomach chu

s a modest mansion compared to the Bent

k a deep breath, putting on her

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nger said. Her

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