He Pushed Me Into the Void, So This Time I Said No novel · Chapter 22 of 24

Chapter 22: What the Log Said

Gabe's POV

I walked into the middle of the white floor with a hundred thousand people watching.

My knees were not steady.

I had been on a lot of cold roads in my life, and I had never been this afraid.

[Witness NoMoreBadLuck. You hold a sealed entry. Do you consent to its reading?]

"I don't know what's in it," I said.

[It is the record of a purchase. The petitioner has asked for it.]

I looked back.

Lacey stood with Dee's hand on her shoulder and her face white.

She nodded, once.

"Read it," I said.

The air above the bench lit up, and a voice read in a flat clear tone that I felt in my teeth.

[Timeline one. Day 9. Player NoMoreBadLuck logged in late and appeared on the patch beside LaceyOrmond. Cause of delay: none recorded.]

Somebody in the hall drew a breath.

[Day 9, third hour. BrettMaddox placed a hand between the shoulder blades of LaceyOrmond and pushed her from his territory. Witness: KelseyRudd. Witness reaction: laughter.]

The hall made a sound I will never forget.

It was low, and it came from everywhere.

Kelsey's hand went up to her mouth.

[NoMoreBadLuck crossed the gap. NoMoreBadLuck dove after the falling player and took her wrist. The grip held for a short time. Both players fell into the void and were removed.]

I could not breathe.

I looked at my right hand, at the old scar across the knuckle.

It was exactly the hand that had closed around her.

I had done it.

It had not happened this morning, on the gold road.

It had happened before that, in a life I could not see.

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