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An orange-and-green patch on her backpack
stood out against the bag’s black cloth. James
couldn’t read the whole thing: “Something-
Industries.” Clearly a bag from a business.

James thought that was strange in this rich
school full of designer labels.
A mystery. Ana. Maybe someday he’d run
into her again—less literally.
James refocused on his mission. It was
already 3:30. He had to find the lockers. The

girls’ lockers. He sighed. Why’d it have to be
the girls’ locker room? Not only would he be
a thief, but if someone caught him, he’d be
branded a pervert too.
The map on the website didn’t get too

specific, so finding the actual locker rooms
turned out to be harder than he thought. He’d
just assumed they would be right by the gym.
That would make sense, right? Except he
took three laps around the seemingly endless
hallway surrounding the gym and couldn’t

find anything.
He checked his phone again. 3:36.
James huffed out in frustration. Just then,

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