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Of course it has.

Small town.

Catholic school.

Scandal.

It's basically gossip gasoline.

I push my chicken salad stuffed avocado around my plate and pretend I'm not sitting in the center of a fishbowl.

A whisper starts near the coffee station.

A glance.

A laugh.

Someone looks away too quickly.

My stomach twists.

I hate this.

Not because of me.

Because of the school.

Because this is exactly what Joel Jonas wanted.

Bad publicity.

Drama.

Chaos.

And apparently he got it.

“Move over.”

I look up.

Sabrina drops into the chair beside me.

Immediately.

Like she was afraid I'd tell her no.

A second later Sister Agnes sits down too.

I nearly cry.

Actually cry.

Because suddenly I'm not sitting alone anymore.

“I'm not hungry,” I mumble.

“Good.”