
A h ge flag lie on he g a he e no flag ho ld e e be. Rand lead me o he indo and e eek h o gh he ene ian blind o o he f on d i e. Malik, ho a big g and no ed o being manhandled, d him elf off, hi ja ck o. Ke in g ab he o of, ha l back in o he oom, lam he doo, and lock i. The b ilding eem o e e le on i fo nda ion. Whump! The noi e i n ha lo d, b i almo like a mini-ea h ake. He kno e e clone ha he doe n kno i ho e e cloned from. H ome of e e ecial, hi o n a en real a en cho e o bani h him o McNall a he han i k con amina ing he e e imen. Rand i n one of he clone, b in a a, hi life e ol ed a o nd P ojec O i i e e bi a m ch a o. The hole o n of Se eni a c ea ed j fo P ojec O i i. Wha e a e, ac all, i clone a of a i ed, ec e e e imen. No ha an of o a en e e real a en o kno, in he biological en e. The e a onl m dad, and he ned o o be he ingleade of all of P ojec O i i him and hi billionai e lad none of ha e e e me. He lo ed hi a en, e eciall hi mom, ho babied him and ea ed him like a o al ince.

He o ho, and I can ell he hinking abo home. And an a, m mo he al a old me no o la i h m food. We i k o neck aiding he cafe e ia o feed o oo a ing na a f iend, and o e ing i o gamble i h! We ll ea i e en all, Rand e lain. Good ne e go lef o e i a and ome f ied chicken Ke in e e fall on he mo ga bo d of food e ing a oke ake. The o of hem a e eighed do n i h bag and S ofoam con aine. The doo o en o admi Rand oomma e, Ke in, and ano he kid.

He a en a a o chool beca e he a ge ing oo clo e o he h abo ho o e fec comm ni a a big lie. We e no o ed o be a McNall Academ, Rand boa ding chool. The e a knock a he doo of Rand oom he ec e knock, hich mean Malik and I don ha e o figh o e ho ge o hide nde he bed and ho ha o ee e in o he jam- acked clo e. I o ld be a g ea o, e ce ha one of a kid named Hec o didn make i. We didn j lea e Se eni e e ca ed f om i on a eeding ck. Malik i n e en e agge a ing abo he bla ed o a. Kinde ga en i like NYC com a ed o he e e j bla ed o of. Yo g a e ch cke ! I like o j g ad a ed kinde ga en e e da. No good eno gh, Rand cackle, e ealing hi o n hand: h ee i e. Wi h a la ic knife, I a off a iece of m o n b ge and lace i in he S ofoam akeo con aine ha e ing a he o. And if I m in a good mood, I migh e en con ide ha ing i i h o. The hi d la e, Malik B de, o e hi ca d on he ca e. He f om Se eni, oo, b he been he e in he eal o ld fo a co le of mon h al ead, o he kno a lo mo e han I do abo hing like oke. T me, ha fa f om he ei de hing abo he lace. I m f om Se eni, Ne Me ico, he e nobod la oke beca e i gambling. Then again, I onl lea ned he le of oke en min e ago. Eli F iedenĪbo he A ho Book b Go don Ko man C edi Co igh Abo he P bli heġ ELI FRIEDEN I ee o aco and ai e o half a chee eb ge.
