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Every student at Shame U has their secrets, and Henley Brooks is no exception. Struggling to pay for college and maintain her perfect reputation has become overwhelming. When her friend Gigi Oxford offe...
After enough coffee to kill a small bear, I walked back to my dorm so I could shower and change. I reluctantly made plans with Gigi to meet up so we could gossip on everything that happened after we'd separated the night before, but that didn't stop her from flooding my phone with text messages begging me for details of how I'd spent my evening.
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When I stepped into Green Bean, the coffee shop with organic snacks that local hipsters flocked to in droves, I waited for her to join me so I could fill her in on all of the boring details in person.
I sat next to the window, people watching as I sipped on my cappuccino. The fifth movement of Bach's Partita No. 2 in D minor blasted through my right earbud as I waited.
"Hailey, right?"
I glanced over my shoulder to see Payton towering over me in mile-high cream heels, Her white hair tied up in a messy bun that made her dark roots look even more prominent. Pulling my bud from my ear, I responded, "It's Henley, actually."
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"Right. Sorry. I'm terrible with names." She smiled broadly, but it looked more like a wolf baring its teeth, preparing for an attack, than a kind gesture. The red lipstick didn't help, and all I could picture was blood dripping from her overly plumped lips.
"No big deal."
"You know Luc, right?"
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