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The next two lessons passed in a fog of chagrin. Ray sat with her on one, not on the other. Samantha did not particularly notice his absence, and considered it normal - such a sociable guy will not stick to the only acquaintance. It was for the best - she did not want to talk to anyone at all.

It wasn't until lunch that Sammy discovered that Travis was gone. Had he been twisted again? This is a very bad trend. Dialing his number on her cell phone, Sammy listened to the operator's response that this subscriber was temporarily unavailable, and almost gritted her teeth in anger - what, should she run into the forest again to look for him? Some groundhog day! Not to mention the fact that Samantha had cats scratching her soul for another reason, she didn’t want to miss classes at all, she skipped yesterday anyway.

But as her irritation subsided, she knew she had to find him, no matter how much she wanted to tell Doyle to hell. However, this time everything turned out differently - Doyle sh