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“What about you, Jensen? Working on anything?” Alta watched him dig through his bag curiously.

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Jensen grinned at their interest, replying enthusiastically with a, "You know it." He finally finished retrieving the most recent copy of the school newspaper. It had yet to be distributed, but for now he wanted to draw their attention to one of the stories he'd highlighted. The headline was obscured by a crease from having been folded in his bag—damn the school's cheap ink—but the highlighted section read: Miss Gertrude, one of the school's beloved lunch ladies, was recently arrested for the armed robbery of a downtown pawn shop. "It's awful," Shawn Hefer comments. As a senior, he's seen her nearly every school day for four years. "She was always so nice to me in the lunch line." Sherry Banes, a sophmore, adds, "It's scary to think she would do something like that. I'm sure her pay wasn't great, but it's no reason to rob a place." While this is the first time the school has been directly connected to a felony

The story seemed to continue, but the rest of it was being obscured by Jensen's hand. "Crazy, huh?" he asked when he was sure they were done reading. "I've known her since freshman year, but hey—I guess a lot goes on inside a person's head that we don't know about." He smiled a little, almost thoughtfully, before tucking the newspaper back into his bag. "If you want to learn more, you can buy a copy at lunch for only twenty-five cents. Ya know, capitalism and all that. Or–and I'm not supposed to tell you this," he warned, lowering his voice and leaning closer. "You could look it up online." He gave a shrug and another, more genuine smile, before deciding that was his cue to leave and travelling about twenty lockers to access his own.

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Alta’s eyes widened. “No way. That lady seemed so sweet.”