Chapter 0227

I nodded, just as Elva returned with her third doll.

Nicholas stayed to play until late in the morning, when his duties finally pulled him away. He hugged Elva

extra tightly before he left. He squeezed me too, though I pretended not to notice.

After lunch, Tiffany stopped me just outside in the hallway. She pulled me to the side so that we could

speak privately for a minute.

“What did you want to talk about?” I asked when we were far enough away from the door that the other

girls couldn’t overhear.

“Listen, Piper, Veronica and I have been noticing some strange behavior from you lately. It’s kind of

freaking everyone out.”

She seemed earnestly concerned, her brow bunched up.

had accused me of things too, but this didn’t feel like that.

known Tiffany to speak her

know what you are talking about,” I said. I placed my hand on my heart, hoping she could see the sincerity I

girls too have noticed you walking around alone in

in and out of

I could be accused of wandering around in the night, though usually I had Nicholas or Julian on my arm. It could even be said that I had been in odd places, since I’d been down into the cellar. But

must have been my sister Jane. But I couldn’t just.tell that to Tiffany without

that w

that is, it isn’t me,” I said. “Maybe there’s someone who looks like me and has been doing

I couldn’t exactly blame her since I wasn’t telling the

isn’t you, and just someone who looks like you, why haven’t we seen her around during the day? Like, surely if you had a

but only because I was holding every muscle in my body extremely

talked to the guards and they’re

before it’s too

intention of clearing it up, though not

to track down my sister and find out just what she was up to, and why, and

she hurt someone or

Jane had been able to get so close to Elva still gave me shudders. She could have done anything

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