Shine by Kate Maryon

Author:Kate Maryon [Kate Maryon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780007351961
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

In maths, Mrs Davies invites Holly to sit at our table, because although she’s in the year above us, she needs extra help because it’s not her best subject.

“So,” she smirks, snuggling closer to Isla, “we all know about you, Tiffany Morris.”

My tummy ties itself in knots. “You probably do,” I brave, “I’m staying with my Auntie Cass, at the Hotel Roche Noir, while my mum’s away working.”

“I know,” she says with a sour smile. “It’s a small island, Tiffany, which means that everyone knows everyone else’s business. Only six hundred people live on Sark, and it’s only three miles long, so a new person stands out like a lighthouse. And then the gossip flies around. You’ll see.” She pulls her pencil case, ruler and water bottle out of her bag and puts them on the table in front of her. Then she looks at me, licks her finger and draws a wet circle on the desktop around her things.

“Hands off, Tiffany Morris,” she says, shooting me with her eyes, “which means no touching. Get my drift?”

I glare back at her, staring her out, trying to stay brave. But inside I’m panicking and crumbling. What does she know? She can’t have heard that Mum’s in prison. We haven’t told anyone! I keep on staring, holding my fear together and she keeps on staring back. She’s good, but not as good as Matilda and not as good as me. Finally, her green eyes flick away. She pokes her tongue out at me, huffs and gets back to her worksheet. I imagine licking my finger and writing a number one in the air. One point to me, Holly Hutchinson!

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