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Chapter One · The Bag at the Bus Stop
On the walk to school, Sam spots a bag left behind at the bus stop. Inside: a phone, a bit of cash, and a house key. Nobody else is around, and the next bus is already pulling in.
What should Sam do?
The next four chapters are in the download.
From chapter two onwards, begin by reading out what last week’s choice led to.
Read one chapter a week, in order. Each chapter is a short scene that ends on a new choice, and none of the choices has an easy answer.
Let the form argue it out. There’s no need to settle on an answer, because the story continues next week either way.
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