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PEYTON DUMPED INDUSTRIAL BLUE PAINT OVER CLARA'S HEAD TO PROVE A NOBODY COULD NEVER TAKE HER VARSITY SPOT, THEN THREE HEAVY BLACK SUVS ROARED INTO THE LOT

SILAS WAS CORNERED, MOCKED, AND STRIPPED OF HIS DIGNITY IN A PACKED DOWNTOWN BISTRO UNTIL POLICE CRUISERS AND TWO BLACK SEDANS PULLED TO THE CURB AND EVERYTHING CHANGED