Julia Vanishes by Catherine Egan

Author:Catherine Egan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2016-06-07T07:00:00+00:00

“It’s not bad, but he’ll have a blister,” says Bianka. “So that settles that.” And almost absentmindedly, she passes her own hand through the flames, slowly. Then she hoists the crying baby onto her hip and takes him over to the desk.

“Lala!” he half sobs, pointing at me over her shoulder. I can’t help myself—I pull a silly face at him. Even through his tears, he gives me a wobbly smile.

“Well?” Florence backs me against the wall as soon as she sees me on the landing.

“Well,” I say. “Well what?”

“Are you going to pretend you’ve just been doing your job? I’ve been searching high and low for you.”

I sigh. “It doesn’t sound like you’ve been doing your job, if that’s the case,” I say.

“That is my job, in part,” says Florence. Her little eyes are flashing with anger and triumph. “I am in charge here.”

“You know, Mrs. Och never mentioned that to me when I started,” I say. “She told me to do as Mrs. Freeley said. She never told me, ‘You will report to Florence and follow her instructions.’ Why do you suppose that is?”

Her jaw hardens. “I’ll speak to her,” she says. “I’m going to tell her how you disappear all the time, how you do not do your share of the work here. I could have you fired if I wish.”

“Mrs. Freeley has no complaints about me,” I say, sounding more confident than I feel.

Florence narrows her eyes and steps in front of me as I try to go past her. With a not insignificant effort, I master the urge to shove her down the stairs. It’s not her fault that she’s stuck being pious, ratty Florence, after all.

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