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He had no idea. Most of her friends didnât, in fact, Colleen wasnât sure if she had told any of them. Not due to lack of trust, but an ingrained shame that came with the level of failure she had managed to reach in that first engagement with Gabby. It had drifted close to her failure with BB. (Maybe it had reached that level⌠Gabby hadnât died but she had suffered enough to match it. Her mind being stolen from her was like a death. After all. Her body hadnât been hers.)
âHeâs taking about Kinney.â She doubted that it was much of a secret among mutants. Even if he didnât know exactly what had happened, he had to have heard of the incident. There was a pause where the teen seemed to give Colleen a moment to explain to Sam before he told the story.
But this was a sensitive story. Two different stories would likely come out here⌠both true in their own perspective. âI was one of the people who arrested her.â Colleen left gaping holes in her story. Left out the lies that Colleen had been told in order to motivate the arrest, left out the manipulation that happened out of sight from Gabby and this boy. They didnât know. (And Colleen wasnât fond of displacing blame.) âShe was helping him when we cornered her.â
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Sam doesnât know all the details about what happened to Gabby but has heard of the incident. It was difficult not to while walking through the hallways of the school. He doesnât really know the entire story because it seemed inappropriate to interrupt someone to tell him whatâs going on. Any Mutant to be arrested and put through such awful treatment doesnât sit right with him. He knew what Colleen did for a job so Sam doesnât shouldnât be so surprised. How could anyone arrest Gabby? Sheâs one of the sweetest kids that he knew even if they werenât very close. It could have been anyone and he would be equally as disapproving of the actions. Maybe it hurt more since he does view Colleen as a friend.
What does he do?
Sam would listen to her side of the story but facing this isnât what the blonde expected. The stories from both Colleen and this boy would be two sides of the truth. Josiah seems confused by the tension but stays silent for a moment just holding onto his fatherâs shirt a little tighter. âYou arrested her for helping another Mutant? Iâm not sure I understand why that would mean she needed to be taken in.â He doesnât see why thatâs so bad â something  is being kept out of this story so confusion is written all over his face.
















