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OVER THE PAST TWENTY-four hours odessa had spent on halloween day dreaming about fez and getting ready for the party, her brother, nate, decided to take matters into his own hands.
odessa yawned, walking down the stairs into the foyer. nate was putting on his jacket, "what are you doing?"
"i have errands to run." he answered, grabbing his keys.
"its 7:30 on a saturday, nate." she rubbed her eyes.
"so?"
"dad said you shouldn't leave the house." she told him.
"dad can go fuck himself," he turned to odessa. "and you're not gonna fucking tell him."
she eyed him up and down, "whatever." she walked away going to get a glass of water, hearing the door slam behind nate.
after halloween, jules didn't go to school for a full week. and even though i sent her about 50 texts, she didn't respond.
i could tell something bad had happened. and that it had something to do with nate. tyler clarkson was booked for assault. but this shit wasn't adding up. and i was putting together the pieces of the puzzle. i wasn't gonna stop until i got the truth.
odessa sat in the back of the class, playing with with the hem of her skirt. a voice rang out over the pa, "false accusations in today's world can cause serious long-term damage to one's career, reputation, and emotional well-being. we all owe nate jacobs a heartfelt apology, and are excited and thrilled to have him back at east highland."
odessa looked at nate with a raised eyebrow, she watched as he leaned over and kissed maddy. he looked back at her then at something behind her, she turned and saw rue and lexi in the corner.
rue leaned over odessa's shoulder, "come with me jacobs."
the three walked to the girls bathroom together, rue pulled out matches and lit a cigarette.
"honestly, howard, jacobs, this whole thing is beyond logic. unless... jules is in love with nate." rue said, taking the cigarette out of her mouth.
"why would jules be in love with nate?" asked lexi.
"yeah, rue that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard. you saw them at mckay's. they hate each other." stated odessa.
"you should listen to me." told rue, puffing her cigarette.
"bennett, the cigarettes are killing me." lexi said.
rue shook her head and began pacing, "listen. listen. listen, the night of the carnival, she said she wanted to go meet up with this guy she met online, okay? he's some fuckin' jock, he's from a conservative family, and they were talking and texting. they've been texting for weeks. and when I say texting, i don't just mean regular fuckin' texting. they were sexting."
