Normal: Chapter 33
| August 2, 2022Mimi squirms. It’s Rosh Chodesh Adar, crunch time. Raizy gave them all their instructions for the Miss Spiegel Prank
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wenty-two giggling 11th graders, sitting too docilely in their places.
“Not like that,” Raizy says, breaking the spell. “Since when do we ever sit around waiting for Miss Spiegel like a bunch of goody-goodies? Just — do what you usually do. Like, act normal.”
“If you can,” Mali interjects, laughing. Is it Mimi’s imagination, or are her eyes flickering over to Kayla’s place when she says that?
Mimi squirms. It’s Rosh Chodesh Adar, crunch time. Raizy gave them all their instructions for the Miss Spiegel Prank, when Kayla wasn’t in the room, warning everyone to keep it quiet, but now…
She glances over at her sister, sitting stiffly at her desk. What will Kayla do about this? Tell Miss Spiegel? She wouldn’t put it past her.
And then… what would Raizy do?
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