Claudia and the Little Liar by Ann M. Martin

Author:Ann M. Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

Abby wasn’t the only one who couldn’t believe it. But she was the first to hear it when she arrived at the GSBA basketball practice at the elementary school that afternoon.

She’d stepped into the supply closet to get the basketball. Some of the girls, including Haley, didn’t see her there by the open door as they gathered just outside.

“It’s true,” Abby heard Haley say to the others. “She tells my parents everything. And guess what I found out. All of them do. They’re spies for our parents.”

“What do you mean?” Charlotte Johanssen asked.

“Just what I said,” Haley went on knowingly. “If you tell them anything, they report it to our parents. If you do anything, they tell. I wouldn’t even be surprised if they look through our things after we’re asleep.”

“That’s a lie,” Karen Brewer spoke up. “Kristy would never search through someone’s private stuff.”

“Neither would Jessi,” Becca Ramsey said.

“All right, maybe they don’t do that,” Haley conceded. “But I know they tell on us. Look at what happened to me. That’s proof.”

“Hey, hey,” Abby said, walking out of the supply closet. “Did I hear someone say the BSC is a bunch of spies?” Leave it to Abby to get right to the point. She’s like that.

Haley went pale. The others looked guilty too.

But Haley quickly recovered. “Oh, no,” she said with a phony little laugh. “I didn’t say the BSC members were spies. I said, ‘Did you see the spies?’ There was a TV special on spies last night. It was very cool. Did you see it?”

Haley wasn’t fooling Abby. “Are you sure that’s what you said?” she challenged her.

Haley was a cool customer. “I know what I said,” she replied.

Abby looked to the other girls to help her out, but they were all busy staring down at their feet or up at the ceiling. Even Karen examined her fingernails and wouldn’t provide any assistance.

Becca was the only one who met her eyes. For a moment, Abby thought she might say something — maybe tell the truth about what Haley had said — but she kept her mouth closed.

Abby couldn’t really blame her. No one wants to snitch on a friend.

She tossed the ball to Haley. “Come on, let’s play basketball,” she said, ending the awkward moment.

As they played, Abby stood on the sideline with Kristy and told her what she’d heard Haley say.

“That’s crazy. The other girls didn’t believe it, did they?” Kristy asked with a scornful laugh.

“Karen and Becca tried to defend us,” Abby replied. “But I couldn’t tell about the others. They might have believed it.”

“No way!” Kristy cried. “They know we’re not spies. Just last week I patched up a big fight between Sara Hill and her brother, Norman. She was teasing him about his weight and he tripped her. I could have gotten them both in trouble but I didn’t say a word about it.”

Abby chuckled. “I suppose it didn’t look too good — me bursting out of a closet and knowing every word they’d just said.

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