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Olive was fibbing.             She wasn’t downright lying; that would just be immoral. But she was telling white lies. A lot of white lies. A whole ocean of huge white lies. And Mary Maveryck, who was currently standing beside her throne as she addressed her fellow members of the Team, was staring at her inContinue reading “Chapter 15”

Olive and Frederick’s wedding had seemed almost like some kind of circus. Even though Frederick’s wedding diet had eliminated the excess flesh clinging to his frame, unveiling a series of previously undiscovered bones, she had begun to doubt whether she was actually fond of Frederick already. For one thing, the original Whinging family had behavedContinue reading “Chapter 14”

Alice Reynolds landed neatly and efficiently on the floor, using her fingertips to keep herself upright. The window, through which she had just climbed, was tiny, square-shaped and made from frosted glass, and the room in which she found herself was also miniature. To her left, a shining hand basin stood against the wall, withContinue reading “Chapter 13”

It was Wednesday morning; the day that Olive and Mary were due to visit the Whinging brothers. The girls, having sneaked out of their houses several hours before they usually would have done (Mary had had to climb out of her window and down a drainpipe so that her grandmother could not stop her andContinue reading “Chapter 12”

Olive had been thinking and thinking, but she simply didn’t know what to do next. It was true that Lucy Waters did not seem to be concocting any kind of incredible plan, but she was perfectly aware that they were sure to be under attack. Who knew what Lucy would plan for them now? YouContinue reading “Chapter 11”

The young seventeen-year-old girl named Olive Whackitt woke up. Her room was dark with the curtains drawn, but Olive could see a very thin line of sunlight through the crack. She sat up and looked around her. Olive was in the same bedroom that she had arrived home to six years ago, when the WarContinue reading “Chapter 10”

It was the morning after Olive’s moderately successful afternoon of casing the joint, but she couldn’t be more miserable. Following Alice’s warning, Olive had spent several hours obsessively searching every inch of Raymond’s account, and finding adoring comments from this mysterious ‘Lulu’ wherever she looked. The name sounded strangely familiar, and Olive had racked herContinue reading “Chapter 9”

“Celia!” screeched Mrs. Baxter, as soon as the front door had swung open. The round door handle banged loudly against the wall, deepening the already-prominent dip that had formed there. Mabel visibly winced, but Mrs. Baxter didn’t even notice.             “Lionel! Celia’s here!” Mrs. Baxter shrieked, as though Mr. Baxter hadn’t been made to standContinue reading “Chapter 8”

Olive was standing impatiently outside number 14, Greenwood Drive, better known as Raymond’s house. She had a thick layer of make-up on her face, and she was doing something that Mary had told her about; called ‘casing the joint’. She was just angry that she had been waiting for almost five seconds. Honestly, would sheContinue reading “Chapter 7”

Albert Rowlings, standing at the back of the classroom in his grey school uniform and expensive shoes, looked absolutely shell-shocked. “No, no, no,” he kept saying quietly, his face growing whiter with every passing second. He seemed unable to accept that he had just heard those terrible words uttered from Miss March’s mouth, nor couldContinue reading “Chapter 6”