I walked upstairs with the sensation of somebody watching me. As soon as the door was closed, I kicked off my slippers and slipped beneath the covers. Fern checked out me crazily however did the identical.

I grabbed my notepad from my nightstand and started to attract the identify MOM with my finger. I did not need to depart any proof.

Fern watched me with giant eyes. “She informed you?” she mouthed.

I nodded.

Fern curled the blanket to her chin and watched with fearful eyes. “Are you afraid of her?” she mouthed.

I’d by no means been afraid of Mom. She was my mom. I liked and revered her. A part of me wished to ask her simple, but when Jenny was telling the reality, I knew that Mom wouldn’t admit to something.

If she had stolen Deidamia’s spindle, that meant she knew what it was used for. It meant she knew extra about different realms, and it made me surprise if she was even my mom.

***

“Rise up.”

My eyes opened closely to Mom standing over my facet of the mattress. She was dressed as if it was the center of the day along with her hair twisted on prime of her head and her purse over her shoulder.

“What time is it?” I requested, rubbing my eyes.

She walked towards my window and pulled the curtains open. “It’s virtually midday, Josephine. In case you didn’t run after trespassers in the course of the evening you might stay awake so lengthy.”

She was pissed. I glanced over to Fern’s empty facet of the mattress and stilled. The place was she? She would have woken me, wouldn’t she?

“She’s down having breakfast. It’s best to go too. Your Father and I are going to our weekly lunch. We received’t be gone lengthy.”

I swung my toes to the bottom, all of the sudden feeling energized to go discover this spindle, however Mom hadn’t moved from her spot.

“Is one thing unsuitable?” I requested, standing to face her.

The darkish circles beneath her eyes appeared heavy. Hadn’t she slept the evening earlier than? Had she made positive we slept by the evening? Was she afraid we’d discover one thing? Was she watching us?

Mom slid her tongue over her enamel. “Jenny mentioned one thing to you, and I need to know what it’s.”

Her eyes felt like snakes on my pores and skin. “I informed you she didn’t. She stored saying to let her go. You’re calling me a liar?”

Mom shifted her weight. Her dressy slacks and penny loafers have been ironed and shined. She appeared prepared for a day trip because the mayor’s spouse. She didn’t reply me as she walked towards the door and over her shoulder mentioned, “We received’t be lengthy.”

I waited as she descended the steps earlier than slipping into clothes. We didn’t have lengthy to determine the place she’d hidden the spindle.

Fern sat on the kitchen island, consuming a plate of pancakes with the happiest smile on her face. “That is superb,” she mentioned. “Have you ever ever had them?”

“Pancakes?” I requested whereas trying over my shoulder. “After all. Hurry up. We don’t have lengthy.”

Fern started to shovel in her meals because the automotive doorways shut outdoors. Slipping towards the entrance window, I watched as my dad and mom sped out of the driveway.

I hurried over towards Fern on the island, consuming and grabbed a bit of my pancake from my plate. My dad and mom’ door was shut, which wasn’t uncommon, but it surely was locked.

Mom locked it.

I bit my decrease lip. “She locked it,” I mentioned to Fern.

“How are we gonna get in?” she requested with a mouthful of meals.

Our junk drawer was filled with miscellaneous issues like screwdrivers and outdated bank cards. I grabbed one wedged in opposition to the facet of the drawer and bent down in entrance of my dad and mom’ door.

Fern moved round behind me and handed me a pancake over my shoulder. I shoved it into my mouth as she bent down beside me. “You don’t assume the girl—Jenny—is loopy?”

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