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    Kevin hesitates for a fraction of a second. "No one to Neil, as far as I know," and there's something in his voice that makes Andrew narrow his eyes. "He had… history with Jean."

    That word snaps down his spine like a rubber band. He's heard that kind of avoidance before. It rings like misunderstanding in his head. He bites his cheek until he tastes blood. The sharp copper is both grounding and nauseating. Drake left him with blood in his mouth more than once, but so have a lot of fights. He turns to the memory of his fists hitting flesh for solace.

    "Did you know?" Knox asks, like he has any idea of what he's talking about. Maybe he does, because he sounds a little like Neil does, when he talks around Proust and Drake. Like it's wounding him too, even if it didn't happen to him.

    "Not here," Kevin says, and Andrew doesn't miss the glance back at him.
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    Andrew learns a few crucial details about Neil's Christmas break at Evermore.

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