Dangerous Deception (2014)
“It would be pointless to lie. Mom has an uncanny way of knowing if I am stretching the truth.
The letter said: Dear Dunbar’s, Thank you for the bags of food. They helped us a lot. When I wrote my entry for your contest, I didn’t expect to win, but I didn’t know who else to ask for help. Trudy goes right to sleep now that she isn’t hungry. I’m happy to have cat food, too. Thank you for your kindness. Sophie I handed the letter back to Mom.
“Well?” she said.
I was tired of hiding my a...ctions. I’d been skulking around like a secret spy, trying to disguise my efforts to help Sophie, and now she was gone, anyway. No matter how much trouble I got in, and I knew Mom would not be pleased, I decided to tell the truth.
I told Mom everything—how I’d shown Sophie’s entry to my classmates, how we’d all collected food, how Chance had driven Jelly Bean and me to Sophie’s house to deliver it.MoreLess
The letter said: Dear Dunbar’s, Thank you for the bags of food. They helped us a lot. When I wrote my entry for your contest, I didn’t expect to win, but I didn’t know who else to ask for help. Trudy goes right to sleep now that she isn’t hungry. I’m happy to have cat food, too. Thank you for your kindness. Sophie I handed the letter back to Mom.
“Well?” she said.
I was tired of hiding my a...ctions. I’d been skulking around like a secret spy, trying to disguise my efforts to help Sophie, and now she was gone, anyway. No matter how much trouble I got in, and I knew Mom would not be pleased, I decided to tell the truth.
I told Mom everything—how I’d shown Sophie’s entry to my classmates, how we’d all collected food, how Chance had driven Jelly Bean and me to Sophie’s house to deliver it.MoreLess
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