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𝚂𝚝. 𝚂𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚗
𝚁𝚢𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕
𝙼𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝙼𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕,
𝙸'𝚖 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍.
𝙸 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙼𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚖 𝙵𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚁𝚎𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙴𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚜, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚁𝚎𝚎𝚟𝚎? 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚞'𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎.
𝚂𝚘 𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚁𝚎𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢, 𝚠𝚘𝚠? 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝙸 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎. 𝙸 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛. 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜. 𝙸𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚝? 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙷𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚒 𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜.
𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖? 𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏? 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚔𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜? 𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝. 𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚣𝚢. 𝙸 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚍𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜.
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The Bright Ones
Teen FictionAll boys school, Winchester College in 1967, is the new home to Beau Mitchell. Beau is reserved and quiet, usually relying on his twin sister, Riley, to do the talking. Beau is incredibly smart, but he's never been one to get out of his shell. Ther...
