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Chapter 12 - Katie's Laptop (Part 5)

As Katie unlocked her dorm room door, she thought about her laptop, and how strange it was for Mr. Xao to be in this building. She ran in. Katie starred at her bed, where the laptop was laying.

"What- I swear i-it was in my b-b-bag.." She said out loud.

Alli ran into the room.

"Did you find it-"

"How did it get here?"

"So I guess that's a yes."

"I have no idea how it got here. I put it in my bag."

"Hmm.. did anything weird happen when you were coming to the room?"

"Yeah, I saw Mr. Xao in the hallway."

"What?!? He's not supposed to be in the girl's dorms building..."

"It was weird. Almost like he was mad at me for going to the dorm room."

"Explain."

"I was running down the hall, then accidentally bumped into him. I asked him why he was here, and he didn't answer. He asked ME why I was here. Then he asked if I had a class soon, which I do. How did he know? I never told him."

Katie decided not to tell Alli about Mr. Xao reading her submission paper, and how he thought Katie was lying.

"Maybe he brought it here," Alli said. "But I highly doubt it."

"Me too," Katie said. "Me too..."