Elaine Orr - Jolie Gentil 00.5 - Jolie and Scoobie High School Misadventures by Elaine Orr

Author:Elaine Orr [Orr, Elaine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Cozy - Humor - New Jersey - Prequel
ISBN: 1493622811
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

Her back was to me and I thought she had an odd tone. “Do you think that maybe they didn’t really go?” I asked.

She faced me. “I didn’t say that, Jolie.”

“I know, I just…” It suddenly seemed better not to consider whether Scoobie had lied. “What can I do to help today?”

She turned and smiled. “You can start by going upstairs and looking in the room two doors down from yours.”

Presents! I felt like a six- year-old Hannah, and ran up to the third floor. It hadn’t occurred to me to wonder why doors in my hallway were shut. Aunt Madge sometimes turns off the heating vents in rooms that aren’t being used, and then she shuts the door. I could hear Aunt Madge coming up the steps behind me.

“Wow!” The small desk was finished in an oak stain and had two slots under the desk top for books. I was running my hand over the top when Aunt Madge came in. I almost threw myself at her to give her a hug. “It’s great!”

“Goodness sakes, Jolie.”

“No one ever made me furniture.”

She smiled. “Your Grandmother Alva used to make you some cute clothes.”

I thought about this for a moment. “Yep.” I patted the desk. “This is really cool.”

She smiled. “I can’t say it was easy finding time to do it when you weren’t paying attention. We can put it in your room now.”

I started to say we could wait for Scoobie, but instead we carried it the short distance down the hall, each holding one end. It wasn’t big, but it was bigger than the make-shift desk I had crafted from the card table I’d found in the basement.

“We’ll pick up a card table chair for you. Then you don’t have to keep bringing one in and out of the room.”

I had spent a lot of time studying on my bed. Maybe having a desk would help me learn geometry.

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