"Girls," Gloria said, "did you want to go to the Dharma Exchange in back? There's tea and cookies."

"I maintain a strong pro-cookie platform," Parker said. "I'd love to."

Jamie took off her Monto Shikisho and shook her head. "I need to get out of here. Sorry. I'll walk home."

She saw a look of understanding in her mom's face just before she turned and double timed it out the main doors. Agyo appeared on the steps in front of her, waving and calling for her attention. Jamie ignored him and hit the street at a run. She didn't have a plan, she just went. Down side streets, through alleys and across parking lots.

When she grew tired of people staring at her, she turned down an alley and leapt up to the top...

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