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It isn't long before they catch up with Drew and Milo. Both boys look guilty, refusing to meet Reid's eyes. He ignores them, turning instead to the two other kids huddled nearby. "This is Carly and Trey." The girl Carly is so skinny it hurts Reid to look at her, her gigantic dark eyes pleading for someone, anyone, to save her. Stringy hair sways around her as she shivers in the cool of the night. The boy Trey's skin is lighter than Milo's, his body taller. He has a constant twitch in one cheek. Reid wonders if it's new since he was dumped here. "We have to go." Leila glances over her shoulder. She doesn't have to say it twice. Reid takes the lead without thinking about it, so accustomed to being alone he barely considers what the pecking order might be in the little group. But when he g