Turned by Clare Revell

Author:Clare Revell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611163674
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2014-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

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Amy stood with her hands on her hips in the bedroom doorway. Jodie lay curled up in bed, under the duvet. “You’re going to be late, Jodie.”

“Don’t care.”

Amy pulled the duvet down. “Get up.”

Jodie shook her head. “No. Leave me alone.” She yanked the duvet back up and vanished beneath it.

Amy sighed. “I will not leave you alone until you talk to me.”

“Don’t want to go to school.”

“You have to go. It’s the law.”

“Well, that law stinks.” Jodie’s voice was muffled under the covers.

“Fine. You don’t go to school. They arrest your dad and he goes to prison.”

“That won’t happen.” Jodie stiffened under the duvet. “You’re lying.”

“No, I’m not. Now, do I have to ring your dad and get him to come back here? Which would get him into trouble with his boss as well?”

“No.” She pushed down the duvet and shook her head vehemently. “You can’t tell him. He’ll freak if he finds out, and I’ll be grounded for like the next six months at least.”

“Then tell me why you don’t want to go in. Maybe I can help, like I did with Vicky. Are you in trouble? Is someone picking on you, too?”

She nodded slightly. “I’m in trouble, yeah, but no one’s picking on me.”

Amy sat on the bed beside her. “So tell me what’s wrong and I’ll fix it, if I can.”

“It’s a long story, but if I go in, I need you to come in after school tonight to see one of my teachers.”

“Why?”

“To get my phone back. He confiscated it.”

Amy studied her. That explained why Jodie hadn’t gone out to youth club the previous evening like she normally did—one of Dane’s unbreakable rules was if Jodie went out after dark, she took her phone with her. “Who confiscated it?”

“My English teacher—Mr. Page. I was texting during a lesson. I had detention at break yesterday and have it again today at lunchtime. I have a letter you need to sign to say you know about it. He’ll only give the phone back to a parent or caregiver. Dad said he put you in charge when he’s not here and right now he’s at work, so you’re it.”

“I can do that. What time do I have to be there?”

“Mr. Page said after school tonight.”

“Then I’ll meet you at the gate once I’ve picked up Vicky, but only if you get up now. Being late isn’t going to make things any better. In fact I can guarantee you’ll probably get more detentions out of it.”

“OK.”

Amy smiled in relief as Jodie sat up. “See, that wasn’t so bad, was it?”

“You haven’t met Mr. Page.”

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