by Suzy Turner
Lily shook her head vehemently. “No. Don’t do that. He could be related to a mobster. Maybe that’s why his school records are blacked out. They’ll kill you or they’ll have someone else kill you, whatever it is they do, and even if they don’t do anything, everyone will hate you. So do us both a favor and leave them alone. If you go down, you’ll take me with you, and I like being popular.”
“Sorry. I can’t sit on a story, not even for you.”
“Yes you can.”
Starr thought about the interviews she’d read on successful reporters. She couldn’t let fear stop her from getting a story. A good reporter kept going no matter what. After she got the facts, then she would decide if the story needed to be told. She hoped Dylan wasn’t involved in anything shady. He acted tough on the surface, but she was sure he was a good guy deep down.
“I already have a lead,” Starr said. She stood closer to Lily and lowered her voice to a soft whisper. “They were in the headmaster’s office yesterday, all three of them, and they were talking about playing a game here at school. The headmaster gave them permission. It sounded… wrong, bad, sneaky. I don’t know what kind of game they were talking about, but I’m going to find out.”
Lily frowned, dark brows drawing close over light blue eyes. “How do you know what they were talking about? Were you hiding in the office?”
“Nope.” Starr raised her chin and smiled smugly. “I have the headmaster’s office bugged.”
“What!” Lily slapped a hand over her mouth. The red sucker almost hit her in the eye. A few strands of hair clung to the sticky thing. Making a face, she pulled them loose.
Several curious stares turned in their direction.
Starr glared at the other girl. “Do you mind? If I wanted the whole school to know, I’d make an announcement over the PA system.”
Lily whispered, “When I loaned you some of dad’s private eye equipment, I didn’t expect you to use it to eavesdrop on the headmaster. If you get caught, I’ll get in trouble too. Why did you bug his office? That is insane.”
“I wanted to hear the exchange between the headmaster and Mr. Brighton. I’m the one who caught Brighton selling test answers, but the headmaster refused to let me be a part of it so I slipped in when no one was around and planted a bug. I wanted to make sure the headmaster wasn’t in on the deal with Brighton.”
Starr paused long enough to make sure no one was listening in on their conversation. She added, “Anyway, after Brighton was dismissed the Squad showed up and told the headmaster they were about to play this game. They called it Witch Hunt.”
“Creepy.”
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