Devika sat and waited, watching the others play. She didn't really have a partner, so... there was nothing for her to do.

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Kijani could barely hear what was going on around her. Her brain was spinning with thoughts. Could her own grandmother, the one person who'd ever cared about her, ever, really be behind the worst experience of her life? It didn't make sense. It just didn't. Anthony had to be wrong, he had to be mixed up, he had to be messing with her...