Making a List, Fixing It Nice by Linnea West

Author:Linnea West [West, Linnea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Ah-ha!” Cordelia said.

She jabbed the air with her pointer finger, yelling loud enough that Leon yelped and clutched the book to his chest as if she were the saboteur and she was going to have another go at wrecking the List.

“Sorry, but I have narrowed down who your elf friend was by finding a few clues,” Cordelia said.

Leon swallowed hard, but he didn’t respond. It was probably smart of him not to say anything at this point if he wanted to keep it a secret. Cordelia pointed to the desk.

“I’m afraid you’ve been breaking a few rules, haven’t you?” Cordelia asked.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Leon said.

Cordelia sighed. Of course, it wasn’t going to be easy, but she had been hoping it would be fast. She wanted to figure out the elf’s name before Clarence came back. Just what she didn't need was for him to accuse an innocent elf of sabotage.

Clarence had been restrained enough when they went to interview Nate, but Cordelia knew that the wrong turn made the Head Elf even more gung-ho to figure out who had actually done it. He wasn’t going to be so restrained this time.

“Leon, there are cookie crumbs all over the desk,” Cordelia said. “You know you aren’t supposed to be eating in here.”

She pointed to the desk and Leon looked again. He grimaced as he noticed the remnants of cookie scattered across his workspace. Gritting his teeth, he glanced up at Cordelia to see what she was going to do.

“Do you admit that there were cookies in here?” Cordelia asked.

She was starting from the very beginning. She wasn't sure she could lead Leon all the way to an admission of who the elf was, but Cordelia was going to try her hardest to get him there.

“Yes, there were some cookies in here,” Leon said. “But I didn't bring them in. And I removed them from the List Room as soon as I could.”

“Then how come there are cookie crumbs all over the desk?” Cordelia asked.

“I may have eaten one first,” Leon said. “It would have been rude not to.”

Leon was mumbling toward the floor, talking over the List, which he was still clutching to his chest. There was something else about this situation that Cordelia couldn’t understand. Leon wasn’t just embarrassed that he got caught eating in the List Room, but Cordelia wasn’t sure what the emotion was.

“Did you bring the cookies in here?”

“No, someone else was trying to be nice,” Leon said. “They didn’t know the rules. That’s why I got the cookies out as fast as I could.”

“But you ate one first?” Cordelia asked.

Leon just nodded. He bit his lip and glanced up at Cordelia, just long enough to make eye contact with her. Cordelia tried to soften her expression a bit. Leon was working with her the best he could and she needed to remember that it was easier to catch flies with honey than it was with vinegar. She needed to keep her

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