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Chapter 105
Chapter 105
They split us up randomly.
I ended up with Jamal, Nora, and a few others. Maya was on the opposite team, glaring at me like I’d betrayed her personally.
“You better lose,” she mouthed.
I mouthed back, “Never.*
The counselor raised a card. “Question one. What’s the most important thing you learned here?”
Hands shot up everywhere.
Jamal elbowed me, “You go.”
“What? No.”
“Do it,”
“That this place is trash and you oldies do what you want because we can’t reach our parents to complain.” Chloe spat loudl “Shut up Chloe.” I gasped, did Nora just shut her up? I turned to Maya and she has the same expression on her face. Damn, lot must have happened during their team work yesterday.
“I will like to pretend I didn’t hear you Chloe, anyone else with something reasonable to say?”
I stood reluctantly. “Uh… that you can’t really run from yourself. Even if you change locations. You also have to give everyone and everything a chance even if they don’t look like the price.”
There was a murmur of agreement.
The counselor nodded. “Good.”
I chuckled as Maya shot me a look, muttering “Traitor.”
Her team answered next–something about trust and teamwork. Which earned a point for them.
The questions went on.
“Biggest challenge you faced?”
“Fear.”
“Loss.”
“Being alone.”
Each answer chipped something loose inside me, like everyone was unknowingly circling the same truth.
When it was Maya’s turn, she stood with confidence.
“I learned that sometimes you don’t need answers right away,” she said, glancing at me. “You just need people. Trustworthy ones that will reciprocate your loyalty and love.”
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“You literally answered the last question, I said,
“And we will didn’t win” she replied, “Tragic”
Jamal stretched his arms over his head. “I think we should all celebrate the fact that Chloe didn’t throw a chair as a temper when Nora shut ara”
Nora snorted. “Personal growth I guess”
We started walking back toward our suite,
Maya swung her arm dramatically. “I can’t believe we will be leaving today, I was just starting to tolerate this place.
“You tolerated it on day one after the beach” Jamal said.
“I did not”
“You love their desserts”
“That was survival” She groaned.
I stayed quier, listening to them bicker, letting their voices keep my thoughts from wandering too far.
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Maya dropped her bag with a thud. “Alright Parking I tease porking
These days, you hate everything that requires effort, lazy ching? I ward
She gasped. How dare you?
Nora tossed her jacket onto her bed. “Let’s just do this fast”
Jamal leaned against the doorframe. I’ll supervi
“No, you won’t, just get out” Maya said. “You’ll get in the way?
“I’ll support you emotionally
“Leave” we said in unison.
He laughed and walked off, hands raised in surrender. I’ll be outsider
I knelt by my bag and started folding my clothes neatly, slower than necessary, I dragged the jeans I had worn, the jeans t still smelled faintly like campfire smoke.
Maya hummed as she packed, completely off–key.
“Why are you like this? You’re rapping it wrong too” I asked
“It helps me concentrate”
“It’s doing the opposite to me
She smirked. “Well sing too,”
“I’ll miss the silence when you’re not around”
“I love you too,” She snickered
I reached for my toiletries bag when a knock sounded at the door.
“Come in,” Maya called.
The door opened slowly.
It was one of Chloe’s minions. Whatever her name is.
She stood awkwardly, arms crossed, eyes darting around the room.
“Oh,” Maya muttered under her breath. “This should be good.”
“What do you want?” I asked flatly.
She hesitated. “I–uh. Mrs. Hopkins asked for Aria”
My hands froze mid–fold.
“For me?” I asked.
She nodded. “Yeah. She said it was important
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