The Infamous Frankie Lorde 1 by Brittany Geragotelis

Author:Brittany Geragotelis [Geragotelis, Brittany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2020-10-06T00:00:00+00:00

Entry Twenty-Two

I love playing dress-up.

There, I said it.

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve taken any chance I have to transform into someone else. It isn’t because I didn’t like being me. If I weren’t me all the time already, I’d probably want to be me.

No. I like playing dress-up because it’s exhilarating to step into someone else’s shoes. When you put on a costume, you can do anything. Be anyone. A zookeeper. A princess. A witch with magical powers. A rich debutante. They’re all at your fingertips as long as you have the right tools.

This is probably the one thing Ollie and I have in common. We’re both natural-born performers.

Only, whereas Ollie’s in it for the fame and attention, I’m in it for the thrill. There’s something about taking on another personality, crafting a life that’s so unlike your own that it stretches the limits of your imagination, that is the ultimate high. And who’s to say that you aren’t really Hilda, the Swedish exchange student visiting her aunt in the States for the first time? No one. Well, except for maybe your dad and partner, who knows that you’re actually Frankie, the girl who doesn’t even like eating Swedish meatballs and has only seen Sweden on a map.

But to the majority of the world at large, I can be Hilda if I want to.

That is, if the situation calls for a Swedish exchange student.

Becoming someone else—even for a short time—is one of the best parts about the job. I know it sounds crazy, but in a weird way, it’s what makes me, me.

And I could tell it was the same for Ollie. That’s why I knew he’d be perfect for phase one of my plan.

“So this is what a cop’s house looks like,” Ollie said after I’d pulled open our front door after school the next day.

“Detective,” I corrected again, though I wasn’t sure why. Maybe because I cringed a little anytime someone said the word cop now. Like it was a bad word or something. “And yeah. Is it everything you expected and more?”

“Eh,” Ollie said, shrugging. “Not quite broody enough. And shouldn’t we be in black-and-white?”

“I’ll get right on that,” I said, noting his reference to the old-school noir films. “In the meantime, I have something for you that you might like even better.”

“Oh, goody!” Ollie said, clapping his hands together gleefully as he followed me up the stairs.

“Ta-dah!” I called out, and threw open my bedroom door grandly.

Ollie’s grin slid from his face as he stepped inside slowly.

“Wow,” he said with zero enthusiasm. “It’s a girl’s bedroom. However will I contain myself.”

“This is where the magic happens,” I explained, expecting a little more fanfare at the reveal.

Ollie raised his eyebrow at me skeptically.

“This is where phase one of our plan begins,” I said with a smile. “Right here. In this room.”

“Okay,” Ollie said, sounding a little more interested than before but displaying none of the excitement I was feeling.

I quickly moved over to the bed and picked up the two outfits I’d laid out as soon as I’d gotten home.

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