Chapter 4

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It was from Matt, as was the previous one. The previous one also had a photo attachment.

Wtf is this?

Confused, Kellan opened the attachment. It was a photo of one of those notes Kellan had only ever seen in movies or TV shows where someone was being ransomed, the kind where every letter was cut from a magazine or newspaper headline. The letters spelled out DON’T TRUST THAT FILTHY CHEATERin a haphazard formation.

Kellan stopped in the middle of the sidewalk to stare at the photo, his lip curled into a bemused sneer. Someone passive-aggressively scooted past him, so he moved to stand by the wall as he wrote his reply.

Where did that come from?

It was in the mailbox when I got home.

Kellan was about to ask if it could possibly be for one of his other housemates when another text came in.

Addressed to me.