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Sometimes people run… to see if you'll come after them

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Ally Carter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 1
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Sarah Leigh Fogleman
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I heard someone's playing hooky,' Zach told me. He smiled. Standing there, it felt almost like nothing bad had ever happened- or would ever happen again 'There's a boy in my life,' I told him. 'He's a very bad influence.' Then Zach nodded. 'Bad boys have a way of doing that. But they're worth it.
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Pain seared through me again-a hot, burning stab in my gut-and yet my body found strength I didn't know I had, correcting as I fell.
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That's good don't deny it. Denying the undeniable just makes you sound like a fool as well as a liar. In this profession, you can be one- sometimes the other. But never both.
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And I didn't choose it, Kat. I chose you.
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The older generation sat looking at the younger, and Kat wondered exactly when and how the baton had been passed. She wanted to know if it was too late to give it back.
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You really saw some? Liz said an hour later. Sure, we had the stereo blaring and the shower running, but Liz still whispered, They really...exist? Liz, I whispered back, they're not unicorns. No, Bex said flatly, they're boys. And they're...good.
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Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man seven different ways with her bare hands, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl.
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Hello, Gallagher Girl --Zack
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It's not Cam's fault, Bex told her. We rigged her bed so that if she gets up, I get an electric shock. Liz designed it, Macey said, and Bex shrugged We told you we were taking precautions. Of course. Because at Gallagher Academy, precautions usually equals voluntary shock therapy.
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You can’t really yell at your boyfriend for stealing your seat and your best friend. You also can’t yell at your best friend for stealing your boyfriend. Or you can…but Hi seemed like a much easier way to start the morning.
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Sometime years before, I had dragged an old bean bag chair to that place. I watched Zach sink onto it, and then he pulled me down to lean against him. I felt his arms go around me, holding me tight. I was safe. I was warm. I was home.
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The Bagshaws aren't boys. They're bombs with very colorful fuses.
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You don't have to do this, Kat. I've been hearing that a lot lately. He's right. I didn't say who had said it, she countered. You didn't have to. He looked out at the water. You two are good together. We're not together, Kat said automatically. Sure you are. You just don't know it yet.
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and then Zach said a really bad word, but I doubt DeeDee noticed because it was in Farsi
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It was epic. It was awkward. It was epically awkward.
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After finals and winter break...after I'm back to full strength, we'll go get Preston. Whether Mom and Abby and Joe and Townsend like it or not, we'll go get him. And then...' I trailed off. 'And then we'll finish this. Next semester, this thing ends.
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Gabrielle, Hale? Kat smacked his shoulder. It wasn't bad enough that you got me kicked out of school, but you had to use her to help you? Gabrielle! I can hear you, her cousin sang beside her. Hale looked at Gabrielle and gestured at Kat. She's adorable when she's jealous. Kat kicked his shin.
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Two days after my dad's funeral, my mom went on a mission. I never understood it until then--that sometimes a spy doesn't need a cover so much as she needs a shield.
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Either we're a team or we aren't. Either you trust me or you don't.
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Mr. Solomon was right the worst kind of torture is watching someone you love get hurt.
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