Alice couldn't concentrate all throughout 3rd and 4th period. Every M word she heard was মাস্ককুরেড and every word that escaped from her teachers' mouths were his words repeated. She heard his voice echo in her mind, saw his name everywhere she turned and felt his touch when Mitchell grabbed her shoulder when she headed out for lunch.
"Hey, are আপনি ok?"
No, the whole world just crashed down onto my shoulders. Do আপনি think I'm ok?
Alice ignored him like usual, and tried to avoid eye contact. But the very সেকেন্ড those words escaped from her mouth—when she turned to shoo Mitchell off. She saw Masquerade...
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