T*witches 3: Seeing is Deceiving
“Alex hooted triumphantly, flagging down her sister in the hallway between class periods the next day. “I’ve got something on her.”
“You read Webb’s mind?” Cam guessed eagerly.
“Better,” Alex teased with a glint in her metallic eye. “I hid, I heard, I sent something crashing to the floor, I saw!”
Maybe it was seeing her sister so bummed. Or finding out that Webb was tangled up in Helping Hands — and had ensnared Beth. Perhaps it was Alex’s plain prickliness at Karsh and Ileana for pulling a no-s...how.
Or, Alex thought, searching Cam’s worried but hopeful face, most likely she just needed to help her sister, whether she agreed with Camryn or not. Whatever: Alex had decided to deal with Webb.
Her way.
Which meant, that morning, sneaking into the teachers’ ladies’ room, posting an OUT OF ORDER sign on a stall door, then locking herself in, pulling her knees up, so no one would notice her — and waiting.
Just after homeroom, her gambit paid off.
As she told Cam, “Turns out Cecilia Webb’s got a cell phone, and either the reception in the bathroom is very good or during first period it’s unlikely she’d be interrupted there.MoreLess
“You read Webb’s mind?” Cam guessed eagerly.
“Better,” Alex teased with a glint in her metallic eye. “I hid, I heard, I sent something crashing to the floor, I saw!”
Maybe it was seeing her sister so bummed. Or finding out that Webb was tangled up in Helping Hands — and had ensnared Beth. Perhaps it was Alex’s plain prickliness at Karsh and Ileana for pulling a no-s...how.
Or, Alex thought, searching Cam’s worried but hopeful face, most likely she just needed to help her sister, whether she agreed with Camryn or not. Whatever: Alex had decided to deal with Webb.
Her way.
Which meant, that morning, sneaking into the teachers’ ladies’ room, posting an OUT OF ORDER sign on a stall door, then locking herself in, pulling her knees up, so no one would notice her — and waiting.
Just after homeroom, her gambit paid off.
As she told Cam, “Turns out Cecilia Webb’s got a cell phone, and either the reception in the bathroom is very good or during first period it’s unlikely she’d be interrupted there.MoreLess
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