Chapter 57: Two Clocks, Opposite Directions
Bastien
The water glass was empty and I hadn't refilled it. Two messages sat open on the screen, side by side, and my thumb had pressed the ring through my collar the entire time it took to drink the first one down.
Above them, Lori's confirmation from last night was still on the phone somewhe...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Delivery That Led to My Boyfriend's Party
2. Chapter 2: He Chose Not to Know Me
3. Chapter 3: The Man at the Top of the School's Food Chain Is Picking Up Money for Me?
4. Chapter 4: The Exception
5. Chapter 5: The Exception
6. Chapter 6: The Exception
7. Chapter 7: The Storage Room
8. Chapter 8: Cold Water and a Branded Print
9. Chapter 9: A Reasonable Explanation
10. Chapter 10: The Sound That Ruins Everything
11. Chapter 11: The Fire Exit
12. Chapter 12: Mind Your Own Business
13. Chapter 13: The Only Thing I Can Still Reach
14. Chapter 14: The Line
15. Chapter 15: The Assignment
16. Chapter 16: What She Can't Steal
17. Chapter 17: What They Can't Take
18. Chapter 18: The Break
19. Chapter 19: What You Owe Her
20. Chapter 20: The Offer
21. Chapter 21: The East Conference Room
22. Chapter 22: The Terms
23. Chapter 23: Price Tag
24. Chapter 24: Only Biology
25. Chapter 25: The Space Between Us
26. Chapter 26: The Distance He Keeps
27. Chapter 27: Clean Money
28. Chapter 28: The Last Shift
29. Chapter 29: Process and Proof
30. Chapter 30: Narrative Over Facts
31. Chapter 31: Not That Simple
32. Chapter 32: The Rules They Change
33. Chapter 33: The Last Ultimatum in the Alley
34. Chapter 34: What Am I to Him
35. Chapter 35: The Performance
36. Chapter 36: Five Hundred Doesn't Cover Improv
37. Chapter 37: The Anonymous Clause
38. Chapter 38: The Bulletin Board
39. Chapter 39: Twenty-Seven Days
40. Chapter 40: The List She Didn't Ask For
41. Chapter41：Fine
42. Chapter 42: The Rules I Write Myself
43. Chapter 43: Always but
44. Chapter 44
45. Chapter 45: The One Who Walked In
46. Chapter 46: The First Hand, Counted
47. Chapter 47: The Math Is the Math
48. Chapter 48: Checkpoint Cleared
49. Chapter 49: Checkpoint Cleared（2）
50. Chapter 50: Order of Operations
51. Chapter 51: The Door I Opened
52. Chapter 52: The Door I Opened
53. Chapter 53: The Math Finishes Itself
54. Chapter 54: The Math Finishes Itself
55. Chapter 55: The Blank He Sells You
56. Chapter 56: The Blank He Sells You（2）
57. Chapter 57: Two Clocks, Opposite Directions
58. Chapter 58: Opposite Directions
59. Chapter 59: The Question That Made Her Quiet
60. Chapter 60: The Cafeteria
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