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Trinity
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That right there, that response was precisely what I was expecting. She hadn't seen the show at all. She had not left the amphitheater at the same time or just before the others because she hadn't been there at all. She was merely pretending that she had.
The surprised and shocked looks on everyone's faces told me that there were shocked to hear those words come out of Hibiscus's mouth. Reece was looking at me with a look of curiosity, it was like he was trying to figure out how I knew to ask that question at all. The others were looking at Hibiscus with horror filled eyes. It was like they couldn't believe what she had just told them.
"H..H..H..Hibiscus?" Aunt Glory's voice was trembling now, but it wasn't from fear. No, Aunt Glory's voice was trembling from shock. "Hibiscus, what are you saying?"