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.

too, but this didn’t feel like that. Lilliana

known Tiffany to speak

placed my hand on my heart, hoping she could see the sincerity I

you walking around

and out

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

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

swear that

there’s someone who looks like me and has been doing all that. But it’s not

believe me. I couldn’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 twin somewhere around, someone would have noticed her.”

I was holding

you better figure it out.” Tiffany pointed at me. “Because Lilliana has talked to the guards and they’re all starting to keep an eye out for you.

it’s

intention of clearing it up, though not necessarily in the way she

sister and find out

before she hurt someone

Elva still gave me shudders. She could

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