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I shook my head I disbelief. "I need to get out of here," I whispered, pushing the books I had left on the table blindly into my bag.

"Katrina, please listen to me…"

I turned sharply to glare at him, letting him see exactly what I was feeling at the moment - so much pain and hurt. "You know, you were the first person I connected with in Redwood Jake, and I used to think you would stand by my side no matter what, but I was wrong. You don't care about me at all."

Aaron stood; his bag held tightly in his fist as he wrapped his other arm around me. "Come on, Kat, let's get out of here. These two are not worth it," he said, glaring at Jake and Noelle.

As we walked away from our table, everyone else whose attention had been on us soon went back to their business when they realized the drama was over.

However, just by the entrance to the cafeteria stood the last person I expected to see.

"Mason…"