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Chapter 29

The grin on Kyle’s face was audible. “Absolutely.”Epilogue

Terry knocked on the door nervously. From inside, Kyle told him to enter. He sat at his computer, but he took his hands off the keyboard and folded them on his desk when Terry stepped over the threshold.

“Close the door behind you,” Kyle said. With a wary look into the hallway behind Terry, he added, “And lock it, if you don’t mind.”

Terry turned the lock. His heart was beating hard and slowly climbing its way up to his throat. “This is…unusual,” he said. “You’ve never called me into your office before.”

Kyle gave Terry a look, one of those looks professors give to purposefully make a student sweat without belying their actual intent. “I’ve been looking over your final paper,” he said. “I wanted to know if this was some kind of joke.”

Sweat was indeed beginning to bead on Terry’s neck. “I know it’s not my best work, but—”