p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="c37a258197f66f73c0ec5621d7b4bf17"CHAPTER ELEVEN: For Caroline/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="6a81eb2601faff8681ba3a268c090528"Her feet took her to the grandstand. There are so many students because right now is basically everyone's free time. Most of the people here are from the college of business and journalism department, the others are athletes of different sports, some are just those grad students who're at their free time right now like her. They're all gathering under the stage as if there was some sort of concert and Cami being Cami did not push her self nor paved a way through the crowd. Right now she's just confusedly watching the men and women gather up, scream, and even pass out. What is happening on stage? Is there a celebrity guest?/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="6a81eb2601faff8681ba3a268c090528"Her feet took her to the grandstand. There are so many students because right now is basically everyone's free time. Most of the people here are from the college of business and journalism department, the others are athletes of different sports, some are just those grad students who're at their free time right now like her. They're all gathering under the stage as if there was some sort of concert and Cami being Cami did not push her self nor paved a way through the crowd. Right now she's just confusedly watching the men and women gather up, scream, and even pass out. What is happening on stage? Is there a celebrity guest?/p
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