John Jones
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Keeley's friends left only a couple of weeks after graduation to get settled and find jobs so she found herself with way too much free time on her hands. Classes didn't start until the last week of August so she had almost three months to kill. Watching (at least for her) reruns of TV shows she used to like and reading got old after a while. She was itching to get out and do something so she tried to find a job. Unfortunately, there weren't many part-time jobs available that worked with her schedule.…
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Aaron had to appreciate the irony of how things played out at graduation and afterwards. He was caught off guard when she summoned him from across the field, so similar to the way she did it before. He definitely wanted to talk to her one last time before they went their separate ways for a while but wasn't sure how to go about it so having her come to him first was a relief. Then he found out it was just because she needed someone to take pictures of her with her father. It was stupid of him to get…
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Keeley was about to usher her father away so they could go to their celebratory dinner when he turned to Aaron. "Where are your parents, son?" He shrugged before coolly replying, "They aren't here." Robert frowned but didn't want to offend him by insulting his parents. It was ridiculous that neither one of them had shown up for their child's high school graduation. Who did that? "We're about to go out to eat to celebrate, why don't you join us?" She gaped at him. That traitor! He knew she…
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Graduation was a fairly simple affair. Bleachers were set up on the school's football field for the students to sit and wait for their names to be called once the principal and valedictorian had given their speeches. Keeley could faintly make out her father in the fifth row of the stands because he had held his arm over his head and given her a thumbs up when he arrived. Lydia and Jeffrey were both behind her somewhere since their last names started with P and R. Keeley was squished in between a…
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Finals were brutal and Keeley lost a lot of sleep but they were finally done! Graduation would be the following day so she went out to celebrate with her friends. It was a last hurrah before they all went their separate ways; Keeley would stay in New York while Lydia headed off to California and Jeffrey went to Washington D.C. She would really miss those two. Keeley hadn't focused much on making friends in college because she was too busy working, studying, or chasing after Aaron. That was definitely…
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Max didn't realize how badly things would blow up in his face. He thought Aaron would have his way with the girl and keep his mouth shut so he wouldn't get in trouble. Now Lacy was mad at him but at least she wasn't suspicious that he contacted Aaron. She trusted his blind devotion too much, not realizing he had his own agenda. Gliding his way through the police's interrogation was simple. He told them everything he did that night excluding the twenty or so minutes he and Lacy spent going up to…
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Keeley wasn't allowed to leave the hospital for another two days because of how badly the drug dehydrated her. The doctors also ran a bunch of tests in that time checking for possible brain damage or other sequela but in the end she was given a clean bill of health and deemed good to go. It was about time. Being stuck in a hospital bed was incredibly boring. A bunch of frantic missed texts from Lydia and Jeffrey blew up her phone when she finally checked it. She completely forgot they were supposed to…
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Keeley woke up with a wicked headache and a parched throat. The light was so bright that she had to blink several times before squinting enough to look around the room. An IV pole was on her right, attached to a drip on her hand. Her father snoozed in a chair to the left of the bed looking exceptionally exhausted. What on earth happened? She was going home from school…and had a vague recollection about clowns and outer space. "Dad?" she croaked. She mustered enough strength to reach out and…
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The police arrived to take Aaron's statement after a torturous forty minutes in the waiting room. He told them all of the basic details starting from the beginning when he received the text messages and showed them his phone. They confiscated it as evidence but he didn't care. It would be easy enough to get a new one in the morning. The problem was when they asked him if he had any idea who might be behind this or if either he or Keeley had any enemies that he knew of. He knew it was Lacy but that…
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Keeley was asleep in Aaron's arms by the time Carlton arrived. He raised an eyebrow. "My goodness, what happened?" "Long story," Aaron said grimly. "I need to get her out of here without anyone seeing though. Do you have any ideas?" The driver thought about it before suggesting they take the staff elevator and sneak out that way. Apparently his brother used to work at this hotel as a bellhop so he knew where it was. Carlton went first, making sure the coast was clear on the way to the staff…
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