Victoria Forester by The Girl Who Could Fly (html)

Author:The Girl Who Could Fly (html) [Fly, The Girl Who Could]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Published: 2010-12-10T21:56:51.181000+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

LETITIA HELLION was gently panting from her sprint out of the testing lab, Piper was on the verge of hyperventilating, and Conrad subtly slumped his shoulders and allowed his facial features to return to their normal look of sullen complaint. For an agonizing three seconds, there was silence.

At the precise moment that Piper was sure her chest might break open, or that she’d burst into tears or faint, or some combination of all three, Conrad threw himself upon the awkward quiet. “It’s Piper! She’s hiding something,” he blurted, roughly shoving Piper forward at Dr. Hellion.

Piper’s mouth flew open. What happened to the Conrad she had just been speaking to? He had become an entirely different person.

“Is that true, Piper?” Dr. Hellion was amazingly calm, her eyes gentle and kind. “Are you hiding something?”

“Tell her.” Conrad sulked.

Piper looked at Conrad in mute dismay. What was she supposed to say?

“What is it, Piper? You can tell me.”

“Bella stole something and Piper saw it,” Conrad tattled.

“What?” No kidding, now Piper was utterly lost.

“I saw everything and if you don’t tell I will.” Conrad turned to Dr. Hellion. “Bella had this little, black bug in her hand when she was leaving. It looked like a cricket and she showed it to Piper when no one else was looking.” Conrad smugly turned to Piper as though he’d just put one up on her.

Piper looked at Conrad and marveled at his complete genius.

“Is that true, Piper?” This revelation made Dr. Hellion relax and sit down at her desk.

“Well.” Piper didn’t have as much practice as Conrad, but she tried her best to play along. “Bella was walking and . . . well, I saw it in her hand and, um—”

“And then Bella let Piper touch it before she hid it in her pocket,” Conrad finished quickly.

Dr. Hellion nodded carefully, looking between the two children. Her eyes gave nothing away, and as usual her face was as calm as a lake of still water. “I see.”

“I warned her she had to tell.”

“Piper, for your information, students aren’t permitted to interact with specimens unless supervised. Conrad is correct that it is your duty to report this.”

“I’m sorry, Dr. Hellion. I don’t want to break any rules.”

“Yes, I know that, Piper.” Dr. Hellion paused, looking between the two of them. “And what is this I hear about a fight?”

Conrad looked genuinely surprised, and even consulted Piper with a confused expression as if to see if she knew what Dr. Hellion was talking about. “No. There was no fight.”

Piper couldn’t get over how convincing Conrad was. It was eerie.

“Nurse Tolle reported that Piper’s bird was thrown in the garbage,” Dr. Hellion persisted. Once again Conrad’s amazement could not have been more genuine.

“As you can see for yourself, Piper’s holding her wooden bird right now.” Conrad nudged Piper and Piper held up the bird.

“I see.” As usual, Conrad had all of his bases covered. Something told Dr. Hellion that if she asked the other children, they would tell a similar

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