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threw it down the toilet and somehow-” I gestured toward my locker. “It’s ended up here. How’s that, Caleb?”
    “How am I supposed to know?”
    “Is it true?”
    “What do you think?” His face twisted slightly when he spoke.
    “I don’t know anymore. I don’t know anything.”
    “You know this is just someone playing a game,” he said, like it was a fact.
    “Do I?”
    “I hope u do.”
    “I think whoever wrote this note, wants me to know the truth.”
    “The truth,” he snorted. “You think someone’s trying to tell you the truth? Wake up, Pria and stop being so stupid. If you pursue this, you’re just asking for trouble.” He grabbed my arm. “Come on, we’re leaving, and I’m not asking you. I’m telling you.”
    “Get off me!” I yelled. I yanked my arm free and pushed him away with both hands. “Once upon a time, Caleb, I trusted you. Now I don’t know you. You’ve changed and trust me, not for the better.”
    He stared at me with cold eyes. “So what are you going to do? Go and find your real dad?”
    I knew he was being sarcastic but I couldn’t care less. “Maybe,” I said stubbornly.
    “Then you do that. Go and find your real dad, while the person that’s looked after you your whole life, lies there, fighting to wake up. Don’t be too surprised though, when you don’t find him because all you have is this ridiculous note.” He dug his hand in his pocket and pulled out the ball of paper. He opened it up and threw it at me. It fluttered to the floor and I watched it drop through tear filled eyes.
    “Go away, Caleb,” I managed to choke out. My throat was restricted because of the huge lump blocking it.
    “I’m not leaving without you,” he said.
    “And I’m not leaving with you.”
    “I’m not giving you a choice.”
    “When do you ever give me a choice?” I shouted at him. “You took all my choices away from me. I didn’t want you here but you won’t go away. Then you hook up with Tamara and I have no choice but to have to see the two of you together even though I hate it. And I have no choice but to accept that you don’t care about me anymore. You have all my choices, Caleb. Every single one of them and you couldn’t give a damn.” He took a step toward me and I held out my hand. “Don’t,” I said. “Don’t come any closer. I can’t think when you’re too close.”
    “I’m not trying to hurt you. I just want to protect you.”
    “I need protecting from you, Caleb,” I said, swiping the tears from my soaked cheeks. “I can’t stand it anymore. You can’t be in my life like this, it’s too much.”
    “What are you saying? We’ve been through this, you know I can’t just leave you.”
    “Get Drake, or Ressler to protect me, I don’t care; anyone but you.” My voice was too loud and he probably thought I was over reacting but this was the end for me, I couldn’t be around him anymore.
    “What about school?”
    “Drop out,” I said. “You don’t need it.”
    He looked down at the floor. “And the note?”
    “That’s not your concern.” I looked away, too ashamed to meet his gaze. I knew what he thought of me but this was my decision. I had to follow my heart on this one.
    “You’ll regret this,” he said in all seriousness. “You’ll see.”
    I dropped my weight against my locker and cupped my face in my hands. I didn’t protest when Caleb wrapped his arms around me and carried me back to the gym. He set me down just outside of the closed double doors and I went into the bathroom to fix my mascara streaked face. I scrubbed off the best part of my makeup. My eyes and my lips were puffy from crying, but I wasn’t too bothered. That was the least of my worries.
    I left the bathroom and Caleb stood leaning against the doors of the gym. The silver light and pattern from the disco ball shone through the glass in the door, dancing over his shoulder.
    “I’ll do what you ask,” he said, stopping me in my tracks.
    “You