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Signal Lake Has No Echo
mystery◐ Teen5 contributors · 4 paragraphs deep
Priya kept filming the scratched-out photos, then froze on one in the corner. Unlike the others, this face was untouched: a smiling girl with a lifeguard whistle. Taped under it was a name tag that read COUNSELOR, 2007. That was the same year the camp closed.
Priya zoomed in on the counselor's whistle. Behind her in the photo, six kids stood in a line at the water's edge. Priya counted them twice, then went cold. In the reflection on the lake, there were seven. "She's the one who kept the count," Priya whispered. "And the count was always wrong."
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